Lead Cloud Platform / DevSecOps Engineer with Secret clearance

Maania Digital; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Maania Digital in Arlington, VA is seeking a senior cloud/DevSecOps engineer to lead Azure platform initiatives and secure cloud workloads.

You will work across Azure Landing Zones, AKS, and CI/CD, deploying in Azure Government environments while applying IL4/IL5 security requirements.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in cloud engineering, strong IaC with Bicep, and IAT Level II certification, plus a related bachelor’s degree.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or closely related technical roles.
• Broad, hands-on experience working across Microsoft Azure services and cloud platform operations.
• Direct experience with Azure Landing Zones; Mission Landing Zone experience preferred.
• Strong experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience deploying and managing solutions in Azure Government.
• Understanding of cloud engineering and security requirements associated with IL4/IL5 environments.
• Strong experience maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Bicep.
• Experience managing cloud configuration, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating code scanning and automated testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking fundamentals, including Network Security Groups, route tables, and hub-and-spoke architectures.
• IAT Level II certification required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Azure cloud engineering

DevSecOps

Kubernetes AKS

IaC Bicep

Cloud security IL4/IL5

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Bicep

AKS

Azure Government

Azure Landing Zones

Job description

Required Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevSecOps, or closely related technical roles.
• Broad, hands-on experience working across Microsoft Azure services and cloud platform operations.
• Direct experience with Azure Landing Zones; Mission Landing Zone experience preferred.
• Strong experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Experience deploying and managing solutions in Azure Government.
• Understanding of cloud engineering and security requirements associated with IL4/IL5 environments.
• Strong experience maintaining Infrastructure as Code using Bicep.
• Experience managing cloud configuration, deployments, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating code scanning and automated testing into CI/CD workflows.
• Strong understanding of Azure networking fundamentals, including Network Security Groups, route tables, and hub-and-spoke architectures.
• IAT Level II certification required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.