Cloud Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

northpointtechnology; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

North Point Technology is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a geospatial intelligence and data management program serving national security missions in Herndon, VA. The role requires an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI with Polygraph.

You will design, implement, and monitor cloud solutions across PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS, using agile processes. Candidates should be skilled in OOP, cloud platforms, containers, CI/CD, and Linux, with a proactive mindset to solve complex

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required to start; must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Experience building enterprise-level applications using OOP design patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift)
• CI/CD implementation experience (GitLab CI or Jenkins)
• Linux system administration experience

Responsibilities

• Oversee cloud computing strategy including design, management, and monitoring of cloud apps.
• Deliver IT solutions across PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS models using agile processes.
• Analyze complex environments and design pragmatic cloud architectures.
• Collaborate across conceptual, logical, and physical designs; develop scripting solutions.

Skills

OOP enterprise apps

Multi-tier/microservice apps

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GC)

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes/OH

CI/CD (GitLab/Jenkins)

Scripting (Python/Bash/Perl/PowerShell

Linux administration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

CloudFormation

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Job description

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Cloud Engineer to support a cutting-edge geospatial intelligence and data management program serving national security missions. This position requires an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities:

The Cloud Engineer will oversee cloud computing strategy including cloud application design, management, and monitoring, and will develop and implement product development strategies using agile processes. The role involves delivering IT solutions across PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS models, analyzing complex environments, and designing pragmatic architectures. The engineer will work across conceptual, logical, and physical hardware and software designs and develop solutions using dynamic scripting and programming languages.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Object-oriented programming (OOP) building enterprise-level applications using established design patterns
• Multi-tiered or microservice application development
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift
• CI/CD pipeline implementation using GitLab CI or Jenkins
• Shell or general-purpose scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, Perl, PowerShell)
• Linux system administration and usage

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience supporting U.S. government agencies
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, or CloudFormation
• Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes distributions
• GitOps tooling including GitLab and ArgoCD
• Monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or ELK Stack
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes
• Networking fundamentals including security and firewall concepts
• DevSecOps principles and identity and access management (IAM)
• Building automated pipelines

Qualifications:

Active Top Secret clearance required to start; must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country's most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer's most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first!

• We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance.

We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

For positions requiring a federal security clearance, your clearance level must be clearly identified on your resume.