Senior Cloud Engineer – DoD-Ready Cloud & Automation

ERT, Inc.; Radford (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entarian seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to support ALTESS cloud services for Army/DoD IT systems. Expect work on public clouds, Azure, AWS, and private clouds, with a salary range of $100,000–$140,000 and an active DoD clearance. Position contingent on contract award.

Requirements include active DoD Secret clearance, Security+ IA cert, 5+ years in IT, and strong automation scripting (Ansible, Terraform, Python). Experience migrating on‑prem to cloud and CI/CD pipelines is essential.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent IA cert) AND computing environment certification (e.g. MCSD Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
• Minimum 5 years' experience in Computer Science or IT.
• Mid to senior level Cloud Engineer experience with IPSEC/VPN and BGP.
• Proven experience migrating on-premises applications to the cloud.
• Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies.
• Strong knowledge of automation concepts, tools, and scripting languages (Ansible, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Puppet, Chef).
• Working knowledge of Git.
• Working knowledge of DoD STIGs, and IAVM.
• CI/CD pipelines experience (Jenkins, Travis CI, or AWS CodeDeploy).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple large-scale projects.

Skills

DoD clearance

Security+ IA

Cloud migration

IPSEC/VPN

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Python

PowerShell

Git

IAVM

DoD STIGs

Jenkins

AWS/Azure

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Travis CI

AWS CodeDeploy

Puppet

Chef

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

Entarian seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to support ALTESS cloud services for Army/DoD IT systems. Expect work on public clouds, Azure, AWS, and private clouds, with a salary range of $100,000–$140,000 and an active DoD clearance. Position contingent on contract award.

Requirements include active DoD Secret clearance, Security+ IA cert, 5+ years in IT, and strong automation scripting (Ansible, Terraform, Python). Experience migrating on‑prem to cloud and CI/CD pipelines is essential.