Cloud Engineer - Washington, United States - Mount Indie

Description

Job Description

Mount Indie is hiring aCloud Engineer to play a critical role in architecting, designing, and implementing cloud solutions that empower our clients to leverage the full potential of cloud technologies. You will be responsible for the development of a robust and scalable cloud infrastructure while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Provide requirement decomposition/definition and engineering expertise to assure program requirements are developed and sustained.
• Work with government stakeholders design, develop, integrate, and test solutions for complex technical requirements
• Prepare operating instructions and end user training.
• Support the design and implementation of cloud-based architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security in alignment with industry best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud infrastructure.
• Drive the evaluation and adoption of new cloud technologies, tools, and methodologies to continuously enhance our clients cloud capabilities.
• Develop and implement cloud governance strategies, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and regulations.
• Lead efforts to automate deployment, monitoring, and management processes, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual intervention.
• Act as a subject matter expert on cloud engineering best practices, participating in knowledge sharing and contributing to the company's technical community.
• Participate in all phases of risk management assessments and architecture.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Active TS//SCI with CI poly
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in cloud engineering, with a focus on designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions.
• Experience building AWS cloud infrastructure solutions at scale across multiple classification domains (IL5 to IL6+) simultaneously
• Hands-on experience with leading cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, EBS, etc..
• Experience creating, managing, and hardening server OS images across multiple classification domains in the cloud using AMIs
• Strong background in infrastructure-as-code (IAC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Understanding of cloud security best practices and experience implementing security controls in a cloud environment.
• Strong scripting and programming skills (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex cloud-related issues.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

Current certifications to meet 8140/8570 standards (e.g. Security+ or above)

Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional or AWS SysOps Administrator

Experience with low-to-high development models and associated tooling

Experience with Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or AWS EKS.