Cloud Systems Engineer

AIS (Applied Information Sciences); Massachusetts; On-site; USD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Continuous learning opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

A technology services company in Massachusetts is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer responsible for managing cloud-based networks and software systems. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, along with 2+ years of experience in AWS cloud environments and an active Secret clearance. The targeted base salary range for this position is $89,000 to $134,000 per year, reflecting skills and experience.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in enterprise AWS cloud environments.
• Certifications: IAT-2, cloud certifications within 6 months of hire.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud-based networks and software systems for reliability.
• Perform system integration and validation analyses.
• Create proactive engineering mechanisms for health management of distributed VMs.
• Utilize trends to identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Routing/switching management

Network security

Multi-OS environments

Virtualization (e.g., VMware/Hyper-V)

Core cloud services

IaC via pipelines

Proactive monitoring

Documentation production

Vendor support coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Degree in Information Systems or Engineering

Job description

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we’re looking for more than just skills - we’re looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

Working @ AIS

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Infrastructure Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Manages routing/switching and network security, multi‑OS environments, virtualization (e.g., VMware/Hyper‑V), core cloud services, and release of IaC via pipelines; automates common admin tasks.
• Work & Complexity: Plans and executes upgrades/migrations, configures network devices and services, responds to incidents, monitors performance, and manages resources.
• Quality & Independence: Implements proactive monitoring, produces accurate documentation, improves processes, and works independently within project scope.
• Teamwork & Communication: Partners with peer teams, shares knowledge, coordinates changes, reports progress, and supports/train users.
• Consulting & Engagement: Advises internal teams on solutions and tools, evaluates technologies, recommends optimizations, and coordinates vendor support.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Cloud Systems Engineer.

Project Summary

AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Drives the stability and sustainability of the cloud-based networks, software systems for scaling and reliable operations.
• Performs system integration, verification and validation and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Creates proactive engineering mechanisms that will enable the team to manage the health of a number of distributed VMs.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies for hardware and software specifications.
• Utilizes trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements within existing frameworks, tools and processes.

Required For This Opportunity

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 2+ years of relevant experience supporting enterprise AWS cloud and/or infrastructure environments.
• Certifications: IAT-2, 1 or more cloud certifications within 6 months of hire.
• Active Secret clearance.

Nice To Have Skills

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $89,000-$134,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.

Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.