TS/SCI Cloud Solutions Engineer — AWS & DoD

CFD Research Corporation; Beavercreek (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Comprehensive medical, vision and life

Job summary

CFD Research Corporation seeks a Cloud Solutions Engineer to design and implement resilient cloud architectures using AWS for complex test infrastructure and research applications. You'll work with cross-functional teams to apply robust network engineering and cloud methodologies, ensuring DoD-aligned security and scalable performance.

The role focuses on onboarding and optimizing high-throughput workloads in the cloud, with a strong emphasis on secure networking, IaC, and integration with CI/CD

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, SE, Networking, IT, or related technical discipline.
• Experience designing cloud architectures using AWS or equivalents.
• Strong networking background: IP routing, DNS, VPCs, firewalls, secure segmentation.
• Understanding of IaC (Terraform or CloudFormation) and software engineering methods.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary research or defense teams with cloud workloads.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architecture to support testing and research.
• Leverage AWS to build infrastructure and optimize performance of distributed apps and data pipelines.
• Provide hands-on support for onboarding complex high-throughput cloud applications.
• Architect and configure secure cloud networking environments with DoD-aligned security controls.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps to integrate cloud resources with CI/CD, testing, and telemetry.

Skills

Cloud architecture design

AWS cloud services

Networking fundamentals

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD collaboration

Security in cloud environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Information Technology

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

VPC configuration tooling

Cloud networking tools

Job description

CFD Research Corporation seeks a Cloud Solutions Engineer to design and implement resilient cloud architectures using AWS for complex test infrastructure and research applications. You'll work with cross-functional teams to apply robust network engineering and cloud methodologies, ensuring DoD-aligned security and scalable performance.

The role focuses on onboarding and optimizing high-throughput workloads in the cloud, with a strong emphasis on secure networking, IaC, and integration with CI/CD