Server & Network Lead / Cloud Engineer – UNIX

asmexternalcareersite; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research is seeking a Server & Network Lead to design, implement, and operate cloud-hosted compute and network infrastructure for mission-critical workloads. You will architect scalable networks, automate provisioning, and enforce security controls across major cloud platforms.

The role requires 8+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, expertise in infrastructure-as-code, and strong collaboration with security and operations teams to ensure availability and performance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on systems, network, or cloud engineering experience in public clouds
• Expertise with virtual networking, compute, storage, security groups, and load balancing in enterprise environments
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and scripting with PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure and participate in on-call rotations
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain Public Trust and U.S. citizenship for this remote federal IT position

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure architectures, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, and security boundaries that support highly available enterprise applications.
• Configure and manage compute, storage, and networking services on major cloud platforms, ensuring environments are secure, resilient, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code templates and automation scripts to standardize provisioning, configuration, and deployments across environments.
• Monitor and optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability, leading incident response and root-cause analysis for infrastructure and connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to integrate network and server designs with application requirements, identity solutions, and security controls.
• Define and maintain standards, runbooks, and documentation for cloud infrastructure, including configuration baselines, deployment patterns, and change-management processes.
• Evaluate new cloud services, networking capabilities, and automation tools, providing recommendations and implementation plans that improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and informal leadership to engineers supporting cloud compute and network services, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

Infrastructure as code

Automation scripting

Incident response

Technical leadership

Public cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Position Overview

The Server & Network Lead directs the design and operation of cloud-hosted compute and network infrastructure that supports mission‑critical enterprise workloads. This role architects and manages environments on leading cloud platforms, implementing scalable virtual networks, compute resources, and security controls to meet performance and availability expectations. The Server & Network Lead also oversees automation of provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines, ensuring infrastructure is consistently delivered through infrastructure‑as‑code in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure architectures, including virtual networks, subnets, routing, and security boundaries that supporthighly availableenterprise applications.
• Configure and manage compute, storage, and networking services on major cloud platforms, ensuring environments are secure, resilient, and aligned with architectural standards.
• Develop andmaintaininfrastructure‑as‑code templates and automation scripts to standardize provisioning, configuration, and deployments across environments.
• Monitor andoptimizecloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability, leading incident response and root‑cause analysis for infrastructure and connectivity issues.
• Collaborate with application, security, and operations teams to integrate network and server designs with application requirements, identity solutions, and security controls.
• Define andmaintainstandards, runbooks, and documentation for cloud infrastructure, including configuration baselines, deployment patterns, and change‑management processes.
• Evaluate new cloud services, networking capabilities, and automation tools, providing recommendations and implementation plans that improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and informal leadership to engineers supporting cloud compute and network services, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 8+ years of experience in systems, network, or cloud engineering roles with significant hands‑on work designing and operating environments in public cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or similar).
• Strongexpertisewith cloud infrastructure components, including virtual networking, compute, storage, security groups, and load balancing in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience building andmaintaininginfrastructure‑as‑code and automation using tools such as Terraform or equivalent and scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Proven ability tomonitor, troubleshoot, and tune cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost optimization, including participation in on‑call or incident response rotations.
• Ability to obtain andmaintaina Public Trust investigation and U.S. citizenship asrequiredfor this remote federal IT position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional‑level cloud certification such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or an equivalent vendor credential.
• Experience designing oroperatingcontainerized workloads and orchestration platforms (for example, Docker or Kubernetes) in cloud environments.
• Background supporting federal or other highly regulated clients, including familiarity with compliance, security baselines, and documentation expectations.
• Experience providing technical leadership or mentoring for cloud, systems, or network engineering teams.

Compensation Ranges

Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education, certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall compensation and benefits package for employees.

EEO Requirements

It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to these fundamental policies.

All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties' or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.

Disclaimer

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.