Remote Principal Cloud Engineer – Zero-Trust DoD

Global-Enterprise-Services,-LL

Fort Meade (MD)

Remote

USD 160,000 - 175,000

Full time

24 hours ago

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Job summary

GES is seeking an experienced Principal Cloud Systems Engineer to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team, supporting a major digital modernization program for DISA/DoD Fourth Estate Agencies. The role focuses on cloud infrastructure and zero-trust network implementations, migrating applications from on-prem to the cloud, and delivering secure network solutions.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years of relevant experience with Azure/AWS/GCP, ICAM solutions, and federal security standards (NIST,

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 12+ years of prior relevant experience.
Expertise designing, deploying, and operating solutions built on Azure, AWS or GCP.
Experience with Virtual switches, VPC’s, and Virtual Firewalls.
Experience with Identity Access Management (IDAM), AzureAD, and CyberArk, Okta or other modern ICAM solutions.
Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA.
Ability to work effectively within a distributed technical team, aided by strong written and verbal communication skills.
Current IAT Level II (or higher) Certification such as Security + or CISSP.

Responsibilities

Leverage experience in Systems Engineering and Architecture to design zero-trust network solutions for a hybrid on-premise and Azure enclave.
Demonstrate an understanding of system Virtualization and Design by ensuring network modernization efforts properly address security requirements and can be implemented without affecting operations.
Support Cloud Deployment of modernized network services.
Develop modern and secure network solutions by demonstrating experience with Virtual switches, VPC’s, and Virtual Firewalls.
Provide inputs to the design of the enterprise’s cloud and mission architecture.
Evaluate and support application architectures across platforms to ensure alignment to cloud and application modernization strategies, capabilities and requirements.
Continually identify opportunities for improvement, including innovations aimed at improving the user experience, improving efficiencies, and lowering sustainment costs.
Enforce security best practices and guidelines, leveraging knowledge of security policies, network security, and data security.