Senior Cloud Engineer - Multi-Cloud & DevSecOps (Gov)

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 108,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Acuity is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and secure enterprise cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and GCP for federal missions. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, networking, and development teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with IaC, CI/CD, and resilient operations.

You will deploy Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native workloads while applying Zero Trust and FISMA/NIST controls to protect critical government systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five years implementing, administering, and supporting enterprise cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and hybrid cloud solutions.
• Cloud security controls: IAM, encryption, network security, Zero Trust, least privilege.
• Experience with standards: NIST RMF/800-53, FedRAMP, FISMA, Department of State.
• IaC tooling: Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, CloudFormation, Ansible.
• CI/CD/DevSecOps practices; pipelines and tooling.
• Kubernetes and Docker experience; containerized apps.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Python, Bash; automation skills.
• Monitoring/logging tools: Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, CSPM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, maintain cloud infra across Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Support migration of apps/infrastructure to cloud (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/hybrid).
• Implement cloud security controls: IAM, MFA, encryption, Zero Trust.
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation, Ansible.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters and containers.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Implement cloud monitoring, logging, and CSPM.
• Troubleshoot cloud issues, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Document configurations, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and government stakeholders per standards.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Agile teamwork

Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM Templates

CloudFormation

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Acuity is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and secure enterprise cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and GCP for federal missions. You will collaborate with cybersecurity, networking, and development teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with IaC, CI/CD, and resilient operations.

You will deploy Kubernetes, containers, and cloud-native workloads while applying Zero Trust and FISMA/NIST controls to protect critical government systems.