Senior Cloud & Network Engineer (Azure/AWS) — CMMC Ready

The Maasai Group Llc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Maasai Group Llc seeks an experienced Cloud Engineer to implement, maintain, and optimize on-premise and Azure cloud environments. You will support hybrid and AWS infrastructures, collaborating with the engineering team to drive DevOps and infrastructure automation.

The role requires strong VMware, Windows, Linux, and SAN/NAS skills, 7+ years in system administration, and an active Top-Secret clearance. A deep understanding of IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and hybrid deployments is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years in system administration in a large enterprise.
• Active Top-Secret Security Clearance.
• 5+ years system administration experience in Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS in Private/Public/Hybrid environments.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, networking, IAM, and scripting (Perl/Python/Shell).
• Hands-on knowledge of public and hybrid-cloud tools/automation.
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME for Azure cloud services and virtualization, including AWS integration.
• Perform system administration tasks: OS installation, patches, upgrades.
• Drive infrastructure automation and DevOps practices with engineering teams.
• Analyze performance and optimize virtualized, storage, and cloud environments.
• Troubleshoot cloud, network, and application issues.
• Collaborate with IT security to reduce risks and ensure secure cloud deployments.
• Coordinate security assessments with third-party cloud vendors.
• Investigate incidents and conduct root-cause analyses for high-severity issues.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation pipelines.
• Automate on-prem infrastructure delivery in VMware, Windows, Linux, and SAN/NAS.

Skills

Azure Cloud

AWS Cloud

Scripting (Perl/Python/Shell)

VMware

Windows

Linux

DevOps

Security

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or similar technical discipline

Tools

VMware

Job description

The Maasai Group Llc seeks an experienced Cloud Engineer to implement, maintain, and optimize on-premise and Azure cloud environments. You will support hybrid and AWS infrastructures, collaborating with the engineering team to drive DevOps and infrastructure automation.

The role requires strong VMware, Windows, Linux, and SAN/NAS skills, 7+ years in system administration, and an active Top-Secret clearance. A deep understanding of IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and hybrid deployments is essential.