Hybrid Cloud Engineer — DevSecOps & IaC Expert

Zachary Piper, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k)/retirement plan

Paid time off

Maternity/Paternity leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer in Washington, D.C., with a hybrid work setup. The role focuses on developing cloud-native solutions, automation, and supporting cloud service delivery across enterprise environments, including DOJ programs.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in IT or CS and 5+ years of relevant experience, with strong DevSecOps and IaC skills. This position offers growth in cloud security and cost-optimized cloud operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting cloud architecture and cloud service delivery models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DaaS).
• Strong DevSecOps, cloud automation, and GitLab-based development workflows experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies and automated cloud resource provisioning.
• Experience with containerization, container orchestration, and cloud security best practices.
• Ability to analyze applications and develop migration, deployment, cost optimization, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Experience managing cloud policies, governance frameworks, and highly available cloud environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and independent decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud-native applications and migrate existing on-premises applications into cloud environments.
• Analyze applications and recommend cloud migration, optimization, deployment, and modernization strategies.
• Implement cloud automation, DevSecOps processes, Infrastructure as Code solutions, and containerized deployments.
• Design secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments while supporting cost optimization and disaster recovery initiatives.
• Debug cloud services, manage cloud infrastructure, and support enterprise cloud operations.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

GitLab workflows

Infrastructure as Code

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer in Washington, D.C., with a hybrid work setup. The role focuses on developing cloud-native solutions, automation, and supporting cloud service delivery across enterprise environments, including DOJ programs.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in IT or CS and 5+ years of relevant experience, with strong DevSecOps and IaC skills. This position offers growth in cloud security and cost-optimized cloud operations.