Senior Cloud Engineer: Cloud Automation & Security Expert

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 267,060; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

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Job summary

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has an opening for a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and manage cloud solutions that support NNSA business services and mission activities in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division within the Computing Directorate.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to drive innovation, improve scalability, and ensure secure cloud operations across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Significant experience in cloud platform administration and support in AWS, Azure, GCP or hybrid clouds.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud AI/ML platforms such as AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, Azure AI, Vertex AI, or vector databases.
• Advanced knowledge of cloud infrastructure operations including provisioning and automation.
• Advanced understanding of cloud support systems including VPCs, IAM, SCPs, and monitoring.
• Significant experience documenting and deploying cloud services with security best practices and NIST guidance.
• Significant experience managing and troubleshooting cloud resources, performance, and incident response.
• Advanced interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure in support of scientific, engineering, and business applications.
• Develop and architect automation scripts and IaC for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
• Apply Python to automation and use cloud SDKs to deploy cloud and AI services.
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and IT staff to migrate workloads to the cloud.
• Monitor performance, ensure high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Ensure DOE/NNSA security policy compliance and documentation for cloud operations.
• Provide user training and technical support across the enterprise.
• Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and recommend adoption.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Security clearance eligibility

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Python

Job description

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has an opening for a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and manage cloud solutions that support NNSA business services and mission activities in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division within the Computing Directorate.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to drive innovation, improve scalability, and ensure secure cloud operations across the enterprise.