Cloud Engineer (Top Secret/SCI) - Hybrid Maryland

Nortex Cyber; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & vision insurance

401k with company contribution

Paid time off

Flexible work hours

Job summary

Nortex Cyber is seeking a Cloud Engineer in Maryland to design, deploy, and secure cloud infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications. You will build scalable, automated environments and improve deployment reliability, security, and operational efficiency.

You will implement IaC with Terraform/Azure Bicep, manage Docker/Kubernetes, and drive CI/CD pipelines while ensuring compliance and strong collaboration with development teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5-6 years of cloud infrastructure and deployment experience.
• Experience with government or DoD programs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Configure and support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, and security.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and production issues.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment and reliability.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for cloud environments.
• Support disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity initiatives.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security and compliance requirements.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

IaC (Terraform/Azure Bicep/AWS Cloud

Docker & Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Linux administration

Networking fundamentals

Git/version control

Troubleshooting

Clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / CE

Tools

Terraform

Azure Bicep

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Git

Job description

Nortex Cyber is seeking a Cloud Engineer in Maryland to design, deploy, and secure cloud infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications. You will build scalable, automated environments and improve deployment reliability, security, and operational efficiency.

You will implement IaC with Terraform/Azure Bicep, manage Docker/Kubernetes, and drive CI/CD pipelines while ensuring compliance and strong collaboration with development teams.