Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS & Azure | IaC, CI/CD, DoD

Ddc Dine; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement plan with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and sustain enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure, supporting DISA DES O&M programs. The role involves automation, security, and architectural input in a DoD context, with a strong emphasis on scalable, reliable cloud platforms.

You will lead initiatives in IaC, CI/CD, and cloud security, collaborating with cybersecurity and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Secret clearance required with IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE or DoD 8570 baseline).
• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 10+ years.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise cloud solutions in AWS and/or Azure.
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, ARM/Bicep, or CloudFormation.
• Experience implementing automation using Ansible, PowerShell, Azure Functions, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps methodologies.
• IAM/ICAM technologies including Azure AD, Okta, CyberArk, or similar.
• Networking, virtualization, storage, and cloud security principles.
• Familiarity with NIST, FedRAMP, and FISMA frameworks.
• Experience supporting production enterprise environments in an O&M capacity.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
• Deploy and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Support cloud modernization including migration of on-prem services to cloud.
• Troubleshoot Tier 3 cloud infrastructure, networking, IAM, and app issues.
• Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and architecture teams.
• Contribute to cloud architecture design for scalable, resilient environments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Enforce cloud security and DoD/Federal cybersecurity compliance.
• Monitor performance, availability, and cost optimization of clouds.
• Develop and maintain technical docs and engineering standards.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers and operations staff.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Troubleshooting

Security

Operations support

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

CloudFormation

Ansible

PowerShell

Azure Functions

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jira/Confluence

Job description

Diné Development Corporation (DDC) is seeking a senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and sustain enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure, supporting DISA DES O&M programs. The role involves automation, security, and architectural input in a DoD context, with a strong emphasis on scalable, reliable cloud platforms.

You will lead initiatives in IaC, CI/CD, and cloud security, collaborating with cybersecurity and operations teams.