Senior Cloud Engineer - Hybrid, Terraform & CI/CD

SES Space & Defense; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SES Space & Defense is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud-native solutions for mission-critical government programs. You will work across Microsoft and Amazon Government Cloud environments, delivering secure, scalable architectures spanning hybrid, on-premise, and cloud-hosted setups.

You will mentor peers, drive engineering excellence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate customer requirements into robust cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience with Azure or AWS cloud development using Golang, Python, .NET Core, or similar technologies.
• 5+ years of experience designing relational and/or time-series database architectures.
• Strong understanding of modern technologies, software design principles, and software development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience with Azure and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Extensive infrastructure-as-code experience utilizing Terraform and Ansible, including development of custom modules.
• Strong understanding of containers and container orchestration technologies.
• Knowledge of security standards, controls, and secure development practices.
• Active Secret clearance or the ability and willingness to obtain one preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, analyze, document, and support testing of products, systems, and subsystems.
• Complete technical projects independently while mentoring and coaching other engineers.
• Communicate effectively with program management, engineering teams, and customers as required.
• Develop and maintain component specifications, subsystem documentation, and material requirements.
• Coordinate technical activities and progress with engineering leadership, technical staff, and support personnel.
• Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to define solution architectures supporting hybrid, on‑premise, and cloud‑native applications.
• Build Terraform scripts to automate deployment of services, applications, and infrastructure updates across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab.
• Define and document deployment standards and operational procedures for Azure, hybrid, and on‑premise environments.

Skills

Azure

AWS

Golang

Python

.NET Core

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Security

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

ScienceLogic SL1

Job description

SES Space & Defense is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud-native solutions for mission-critical government programs. You will work across Microsoft and Amazon Government Cloud environments, delivering secure, scalable architectures spanning hybrid, on-premise, and cloud-hosted setups.

You will mentor peers, drive engineering excellence, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate customer requirements into robust cloud platforms.