Senior Cloud Engineer: Federal Modernization & CloudSecOps

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid Holidays

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K

Tuition Reimbursement

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support federal modernization, cloud transformation, and mission-critical initiatives. This on-site role in Huntsville, AL, designs, deploys, and sustains secure cloud infrastructure powering enterprise applications, data platforms, and DevSecOps operations.

The Senior Cloud Engineer will implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security controls while collaborating with cross-functional teams to modernize government systems and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering.
• Active AWS experience with compute, storage, networking, security, and automation.
• Hands-on IaC, CI/CD pipelines, cloud networking, troubleshooting, and technical documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance and U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications and data workloads.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Support CI/CD pipeline integration, cloud automation, monitoring, logging, and observability.
• Implement and maintain cloud security controls including IAM, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and networking issues, collaborating with engineering, migration, testing, and operations teams.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Security clearance

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support federal modernization, cloud transformation, and mission-critical initiatives. This on-site role in Huntsville, AL, designs, deploys, and sustains secure cloud infrastructure powering enterprise applications, data platforms, and DevSecOps operations.

The Senior Cloud Engineer will implement IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security controls while collaborating with cross-functional teams to modernize government systems and