Senior Cloud Engineer (TS/SCI) — Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Maximus; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 170,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a defense client remotely with travel to Washington DC, Northern VA, Boston, and San Antonio. An active TS/SCI with SCI eligibility is required.

This role involves researching, designing, testing, and maintaining cloud systems, as well as developing roadmaps and coordinating with distributed engineering teams. Required are a CS/IT degree (or equivalent experience), 8+ years of work, and DoD-level security certifications.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field; 10 years may substitute for a degree.
• 8 years of work-related experience required.
• Security+ or DoD 8570 IAT-II certification required.
• Active TS/SCI or Top Secret with SCI eligibility required.
• Ability to travel 10%–20%.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, run tests, and evaluate systems supporting cloud implementation and integration with cloud service providers.
• Plan and conduct technical tasks for implementation and maintenance of internal cloud enterprise shared virtualization infrastructure.
• Develop and execute cloud solution roadmaps to align with business objectives and company strategy.
• Formulate and design systems using analysis and models to predict outcomes and measure design consequences.
• Analyze cloud requirements to determine feasibility within time and cost constraints.
• Consult with engineering staff to support hardware, software, operational and performance requirements of cloud systems.

Skills

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Security best practices

IaC Terraform

Monitoring & logging

Networking

Python/Java scripting

Effective communicator

Education

B.S. in Computer Science / Information Technology or related field

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a defense client remotely with travel to Washington DC, Northern VA, Boston, and San Antonio. An active TS/SCI with SCI eligibility is required.

This role involves researching, designing, testing, and maintaining cloud systems, as well as developing roadmaps and coordinating with distributed engineering teams. Required are a CS/IT degree (or equivalent experience), 8+ years of work, and DoD-level security certifications.