Cloud Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

North-Point-Technology; Littleton (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work-life balance

Excellent compensation

Job summary

North Point Technology is hiring a Cloud Engineer to support a geospatial intelligence program requiring an active Top Secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility. The role focuses on cloud strategy, architecture, and secure, scalable IT solutions across PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS.

You will implement agile processes to deliver robust systems for national security missions. Responsibilities include designing and monitoring cloud environments, building enterprise applications with OOP patterns, and

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required to start; must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Experience building enterprise applications with OOP and design patterns.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
• CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, Perl, or PowerShell.
• Linux system administration and usage.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cloud computing strategy including design, management, and monitoring.
• Develop and implement product development strategies using agile processes.
• Deliver IT solutions across PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS models.
• Analyze complex environments and design architectures.
• Develop solutions using dynamic scripting and programming languages.

Skills

OOP

Multi-tier/microservice

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Scripting

Linux admin

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)
• 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.