Senior Cloud Systems Engineer – DoD‑Focused, Secure Cloud

By Light Professional IT Services; Scott Air Force Base (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

By Light Professional IT Services is supporting the USTRANSCOM MITS enterprise suite, seeking a senior cloud architect to lead design, deployment, and security for DoD cloud environments. You will guide projects from inception to completion and mentor junior staff.

Focus areas include migration, modernization, zero-trust implementation, and DoD policy compliance. On-site at Scott Air Force Base, with potential after-hours support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering or architecture.
• Proven track record as a cloud architect designing and deploying cloud solutions for large organizations.
• Experience with DoD/IC security guidelines and compliance is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for cloud solution architectures focusing on security, scalability, and resiliency.
• Plan, design, and manage migration and modernization of complex cloud environments.
• Mentor junior staff and collaborate with senior management on strategic plans.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Networking (BGP, VPN)

Security strategy

AWS/Azure

DoD compliance

IAT Level III certs

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Groovy

YML

CloudFormation

CloudTrail

Job description

By Light Professional IT Services is supporting the USTRANSCOM MITS enterprise suite, seeking a senior cloud architect to lead design, deployment, and security for DoD cloud environments. You will guide projects from inception to completion and mentor junior staff.

Focus areas include migration, modernization, zero-trust implementation, and DoD policy compliance. On-site at Scott Air Force Base, with potential after-hours support as needed.