Senior Cloud Systems Engineer - DoD Multi-Cloud & Automation

SMX; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 103,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement

Paid leave

Job summary

SMX is seeking Cloud Systems Engineers (Junior/Mid/Senior/SME) to design and implement secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructure for USAF programs. You will help onboard accounts, build pipelines, and support deployments across AWS and other clouds, with emphasis on automation and security.

Required security clearance (Secret) and DoD 8570 certs, plus hands-on DevOps with Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and related tools. ATO support and IaC experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Must have High School diploma or Bachelors degree and minimum 1-3 years’ experience for junior-level. Must have Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification plus 4 years’ experience for mid-level. Must have Bachelor’s degree or equivalent certification plus 8 years’ experience for senior-level. Must have Master’s degree or equivalent certification plus 16 years’ experience for SME-level.
• Active Security Clearance Required: Secret
• DoD 8570 compliant certification: CompTia Sec+
• Expertise in cloud architectures (native services for compute, store, network, security, and automation)
• Experience implementing DevOps practices (Kubernetes) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Git, or Ansible
• Demonstrated ability to support enterprise-scale system integrations and automation projects
• Proven experience establishing and managing environments across multiple enclaves and security domains
• Strong understanding of cloud security frameworks, continuous monitoring, and system hardening
• Familiarity with cloud governance tools (e.g., Xacta, eMASS) and experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO) processes
• Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation, infrastructure diagrams, and cloud migration strategies
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Demonstrate the ability to improvise solutions, either with automation or with existing products
• Understanding of C4I systems
• Knowledge of Windows operating environments
• Familiarity with RMF, NIST 800-53, STIGs, and basic cloud security principles
• Knowledge/experience with integration of Software with IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) Architecture, IBM WebSphere, and Red Hat OpenShift on Azure

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and optimize secure cloud solutions in AWS, Azure, Google, and/or Oracle environments
• Navigate client-facing engagements and work in tandem with other vendors
• Contribute to technical discussions both internally and with customer or vendor teams
• Focus on cloud-native services and optimizing the customer landscape through adoption of these services
• Define and engineer solution capabilities that satisfy customer business drivers / requirements and meet service delivery objectives
• Lead and/or support cloud migration strategies and establish environments (Dev, QA, Prod, etc.) across classified and unclassified networks
• Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, security, and monitoring using DevOps best practices
• Integrate cloud services with analytics tools
• Support infrastructure security design, patching, and compliance documentation to support governance and ATO processes
• Develop and apply engineering methods and solutions for cloud environments

Skills

Cloud architectures

DevOps practices

Kubernetes

Automation

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent certification

Master's degree or equivalent certification

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Git

Ansible

Packer

Job description

SMX is seeking Cloud Systems Engineers (Junior/Mid/Senior/SME) to design and implement secure, scalable multi-cloud infrastructure for USAF programs. You will help onboard accounts, build pipelines, and support deployments across AWS and other clouds, with emphasis on automation and security.

Required security clearance (Secret) and DoD 8570 certs, plus hands-on DevOps with Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and related tools. ATO support and IaC experience are essential.