Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

RiseMe; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

i3 Integration Innovation, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and sustain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for DoD mission systems.

The role covers networking, compute, storage, identity, monitoring, and automated operations. You will build infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep or Ansible, manage cloud security and IAM, and support migration from on‑premises to hybrid clouds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 6+ years of infrastructure engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Azure or AWS; experience with both is highly desirable.
• Experience with networking concepts, Linux/Windows administration, and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and sustain cloud infrastructure for mission applications and enterprise services.
• Engineer virtual networks, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and DNS with security controls.
• Provision and manage compute, storage, databases, backup, and related services.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and automated provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Ansible.
• Configure identity, IAM, secrets, certificates, and privileged-access mechanisms.
• Build monitoring, logging, alerting, performance and capacity management.
• Automate routine administration, patching, compliance checks, and lifecycle activities.
• Support migration from on-premises to cloud/hybrid architectures.
• Diagnose issues and drive resolution; participate in change management and DR exercises.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Azure or AWS

Networking concepts

Linux/Windows administration

IaC & automation

Cloud security IAM

Monitoring & troubleshooting

Documentation & communication

Relocation willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Ansible

Git / CI/CD

Kubernetes

SPECTRO Cloud

Job description

Overview

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer provides hands-on engineering for secure, scalable cloud infrastructure supporting DoW mission systems. The position focuses on infrastructure services, automation, networking, compute, storage, identity, monitoring, and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and sustain cloud infrastructure for mission applications and enterprise services.
• Engineer virtual networks, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, private connectivity, DNS, and network security controls.
• Provision and manage cloud compute, storage, databases, backup, recovery, and associated infrastructure services.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code and automated provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Ansible, or comparable technologies.
• Configure cloud identity, role-based access control, service identities, secrets, certificates, and privileged-access mechanisms.
• Build monitoring, logging, alerting, performance management, and capacity-management capabilities.
• Automate routine administration, patching, configuration enforcement, compliance checks, and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
• Support migration of legacy workloads from on-premises infrastructure to cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures.
• Diagnose infrastructure, network, performance, availability, and security issues and drive problems to resolution.
• Participate in change management, incident response, disaster recovery exercises, technical reviews, and operational readiness assessments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant technical field (or equivalent experience) and 6+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, with significant hands-on cloud experience.
• Strong experience with Azure or AWS infrastructure services; experience with both is highly desirable.
• Experience with networking concepts including TCP/IP, routing, VPN/private connectivity, DNS, load balancing, and network security.
• Experience administering Linux and/or Windows systems in enterprise environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, scripting, automation, Git, and CI/CD practices.
• Working knowledge of cloud security, IAM, encryption, monitoring, vulnerability management, and backup/recovery.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Must reside within a75-mile radius of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville ALor be willing to relocate prior to starting date.

• Must have (or be able to have before starting):

  • CompTIA Security+ CE, or other approved 8570 IAT Level II certification.
  • Cloud certification such as: Microsoft AZ900 (Azure Fundamentals), Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, CCSP, GCSA or other equivalent Cloud certifications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government Security Clearance. An active clearance will be required to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in DoW/DoD mission environments.
• Experience with Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, IL5/IL6, or comparable regulated environments.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect/Engineer or Microsoft Azure Administrator/Engineer.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, service mesh, or platform engineering.
• Preferred experience with SPECTRO Cloud, including deployment, configuration, administration, and integration of SPECTRO Cloud capabilities within hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Preferred experience architecting, deploying, and integrating SPECTRO Cloud as part of secure hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including platform orchestration, workload management, automation, and integration with government mission systems.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Regular i3 hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, however, additional hours may be required on occasion. Regular and punctual attendance is required.

About i3

Founded in 2007, Integration Innovation, Inc. (i3) is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with additional offices in Orlando, FL, and the National Capital Region. We are a 100% team member-owned mid-tier integrator with over 800 employee-owners, and our culture speaks for itself: we've earned ten Best Places to Work® awards, driven by strong employee engagement, transparent leadership, and a genuine commitment to communication.

i3 team members operate at the leading edge of national defense across a broad range of technical disciplines, from systems and software engineering to modeling, simulation, and training solutions to cybersecurity, digital engineering, and enterprise IT. We also take products from prototype through production, bringing that same engineering rigor to manufacturing and delivering hardware at scale. For candidates, that means a rare opportunity: the innovation and mission focus of an engineering services company paired with the hands-on impact of building and delivering real solutions that benefit the Warfighter, all inside an employee-owned company where your contributions directly shape both the mission and your ownership stake in the business.