Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

BlueWater Federal Solutions; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluewater Federal seeks a Cloud Engineer to support the USAF at Maxwell AFB. The role focuses on deploying, configuring, and sustaining cloud-hosted environments for critical logistics and maintenance systems.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree and an active Secret clearance. The candidate will implement IaC, support cloud migrations, monitor performance and security, and handle networking, containers, and platform services in IL5/IL6 environments.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• 5+ years of cloud engineering experience in IL5/IL6 environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and sustain cloud-hosted environments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and automation.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Monitor cloud performance, security, and resource utilization.
• Manage cloud networking, container, and platform services.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and operational issues.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Cloud migration

Cloud monitoring

Networking

Containers

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Azure Cloud One

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Overview Bluewater Federal is looking for a Cloud Engineer to support the USAF at Maxwell AFB. The Base Maintenance (BMx) Family of Systems program provides critical lifecycle support for enterprise U.S. Air Force logistics and maintenance systems that enable global mission readiness and sustainment operations. Responsibilities * Deploy, configure, and sustain cloud-hosted environments. Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree.

• Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and automation.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Monitor cloud performance, security, and resource utilization.
• Manage cloud networking, container, and platform services.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and operational issues.
• 5+ years of cloud engineering experience-supporting IL5/IL6 cloud environments preferred.
• Must have an active Secret clearance.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud, Azure Cloud One, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM, Cloud monitoring, Networking, Containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift
• AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator/Architect and Security+ certs are preferred BlueWater Federal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. BlueWater Federal is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.