Cloud Engineer – Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Chameleon Integrated Services; Fort Lee (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision plan

401K

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Training allowance

PTO

Job summary

Chameleon Integrated Services is seeking an enterprise Cloud Engineer–SME to architect, deploy, and maintain advanced enterprise data infrastructures within secured defense parameters. The role requires a strong track record in cloud engineering and hands‑on experience with Azure Government environments.

The candidate should demonstrate 12+ years of engineering work starting before August 2014, with exposure to landing zones, data lakes, and secure cross‑domain data pipelines in DoD contexts.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of cloud/enterprise infrastructure experience with verifiable dates.
• Direct, hands‑on production engineering within Azure Government, cArmy, or restricted federal enclaves under DoD IL5/IL6.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain production‑grade cloud landing zones and secure DoD cloud nodes.
• Build and maintain Azure Data Factory and Synapse pipelines for complex data ingestion and transformation.
• Automate infrastructure lifecycle with Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates to prevent drift.
• Enforce least‑privilege security using Azure Key Vault and manage API access tokens.
• Design, route, and secure REST APIs and backend microservices in Azure API Management.
• Develop end‑to‑end monitoring and security logging with cloud‑native tools.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Azure

Data pipelines

IaC

Security governance

API design

Monitoring

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Azure DevOps

GitHub Enterprise

Job description

We are a growing information technology company that offers its employees a culture of success, the chance to work on revolutionary federal IT infrastructure, and the opportunity to grow alongside cutting-edge technology that is reshaping the industry.

We are seeking forward thinking candidates that have strong experience in operational support and can help take to the next level in a pro‑active stance.

Chameleon Integrated Services has expertise in operations management, quality systems, data operations and cybersecurity. We secure some of the most sensitive data for the Department of Defense and for other U. S. federal government agencies. We are known for the great care we take with clients and employees, and we believe in promoting from within.

• Competitive Employee Health Insurance options including dental
• 100% company paid vision plan
• 401K plan with generous company match and no vesting period
• 100% company paid Life insurance
• 100% company paid long and short‑term disability insurance
• Training allowance
• PTO and more

Cloud Engineer – Subject Matter Expert (SME)

• Work Location: 100% Remote (Requires travel to Fort Lee, VA at least three times annually or more frequently if directed)
• Security Clearance: Active U.S. DoD Secret Required (Time of Application)
• Experience Metric: 12+ Years of Documented Cloud, Migration, or Platform Engineering

Objective Summary

We are seeking an enterprise Cloud Engineer–SME to architect, deploy, and maintain advanced enterprise data, analytics, and pipeline infrastructures within secured defense parameters. The ideal candidate must possess an extensive professional chronology demonstrating 12+ years of continuous technology engineering work starting no later than August 2014. This timeline should showcase a clear evolution from early‑generation cloud infrastructure, virtualization, or large‑scale migrations into specialized Microsoft Azure ecosystems supporting Azure Government, cArmy, and Impact Level 5/6 environments.

This expert will drive cloud‑native ingestion, enterprise data virtualization, cross‑domain connection mechanisms, and robust automated landing zones to ingest mission‑critical Army data assets cleanly.

Mandatory Compliance Metrics (Pre‑Screening Gate)

Candidates must satisfy these chronological constraints to ensure a successful Government QVF determination:

• Chronological Proof Gate: Resume must explicitly reflect 12+ continuous years of total engineering experience with clear dates validating cloud, virtualization, or enterprise infrastructure work starting in August 2014 or earlier.
• Cloud Domain Focus: Direct, hands‑on production engineering within Azure Government, cArmy, or highly restricted federal enclaves under DoD IL5/IL6 compliance frameworks.

Principal Responsibilities

• Architecture & Landing Zones: Design, configure, and maintain production‑grade cloud landing zones, advanced enterprise network topographies, and zero‑trust identity architectures within restricted DoD cloud nodes.
• Data Pipeline Construction: Build, test, and maintain resilient enterprise ETL/ELT pipelines for complex synchronization, data ingestion, and multi‑source transformation frameworks using Azure Data Factory and Azure Synapse Analytics.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate the entire infrastructure lifecycle using cloud‑native declarative paradigms (Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates) to enforce strict configuration consistency and eliminate manual drifts.
• Secrets & Security Enforcement: Implement least‑privilege cloud governance models using Azure Key Vault to handle complex encryption keys, dynamic application connections, API access tokens, and systemic cryptographic profiles.
• API Management & Services: Standardize system integration layers by designing, routing, and securing REST APIs and backend microservices via Azure API Management environments.
• Monitoring & Observability: Engineer end‑to‑end audit readiness pipelines, custom metric dashboards, proactive system alerting arrays, and security logging via cloud‑native monitoring systems.

Core Data & Architecture Capabilities

• Expert‑level Azure Architecture design patterns (Hub‑Spoke models, ExpressRoute, Secure Cloud Computing Architecture).
• Production execution of Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and structured Data Lake environments.
• Advanced deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Enterprise, or comparable automated CI/CD toolsets.

Governance, Clearance & Government Infrastructure

• Direct experience operating inside Azure Government, cArmy, or federal GCC High spaces.
• Comprehensive mastery of DoD/Army Architecture Standards and DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) and 6 (IL6) controls.

Preferred Domain Expertise (High‑Priority Advantage)

• Familiarity building or integrating cloud layers for GCSS‑Army, NLAC, or Army G4 logistics modules.
• Prior architecture exposure to Strategic Enterprise Analytics (SEA) or comparable enterprise military data‑lake structures.
• Deep functional understanding of defense analytics pipelines, military logistics platforms, or supply‑chain telemetry data sets.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status

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