Remote Cloud Infrastructure Lead & Network Engineer

ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company; Olympia (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research is seeking a Server & Network Lead to design and operate cloud‑hosted compute and network infrastructure for mission‑critical workloads. You will architect environments on leading cloud platforms, implement scalable virtual networks, and manage security controls to meet performance and availability requirements.

You will drive infrastructure‑as‑code deployment, automation, and cost optimization, mentor engineers, and partner with security, application, and operations teams in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 8+ years of experience in systems, network, or cloud engineering roles with significant hands‑on work designing and operating environments in public cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or similar).
• Strong expertise with cloud infrastructure components, including virtual networking, compute, storage, security groups, and load balancing in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining infrastructure‑as‑code and automation using tools such as Terraform or equivalent and scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Proven ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and tune cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost optimization, including participation in on‑call or incident response rotations.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust investigation and U.S. citizenship as required for this remote federal IT position.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure architectures, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, and security boundaries that support highly available enterprise applications.
• Configure and manage compute, storage, and networking services on major cloud platforms, ensuring environments are secure, resilient, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code templates and automation scripts to standardize provisioning, configuration, and deployments across environments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability, leading incident response and root‑cause analysis for infrastructure and connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to integrate network and server designs with application requirements, identity solutions, and security controls.
• Define and maintain standards, runbooks, and documentation for cloud infrastructure, including configuration baselines, deployment patterns, and change‑management processes.
• Evaluate new cloud services, networking capabilities, and automation tools, providing recommendations and implementation plans that improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and informal leadership to engineers supporting cloud compute and network services, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure as code

Terraform

PowerShell

Bash

Python

On-call support

Public Trust eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

ASM Research is seeking a Server & Network Lead to design and operate cloud‑hosted compute and network infrastructure for mission‑critical workloads. You will architect environments on leading cloud platforms, implement scalable virtual networks, and manage security controls to meet performance and availability requirements.

You will drive infrastructure‑as‑code deployment, automation, and cost optimization, mentor engineers, and partner with security, application, and operations teams in a