Cloud Engineer - Expert (Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph)

QTalent Solutions
McLean, VA

Job Description

Job Description

Cloud Engineer with Top Secret/SCI Clearance + Full Scope Polygraph
Our client is a leading force in the defense and intelligence sector and is seeking a highly expert Cloud Engineer with Top Secret/SCI clearance with full scope polygraph. This full-time position is based in the heart of Tyson's, VA, offering a unique blend of career excellence and quality living.

WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY?
  • Competitive Salary & Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a top-tier salary, 11% 401(k) matching, full health coverage, and more.
  • Generous Leave & Work-Life Balance: With 5 weeks of paid leave, find the perfect work-life harmony.
  • Continuous Growth: Benefit from our generous training budget and opportunities for paid certifications and education.
  • Employee Referral Bonus: A lucrative referral program that rewards you for expanding our team with top talent.
  • Business Development Incentives: Participate in the growth and enjoy the rewards.
ABOUT THIS ROLE:
The selected candidate will work closely with multiple application teams and lead the project teams to integrate the organization’s systems with a new web-based system, replacing the legacy enterprise messaging system, which will reside in their cloud environment. You will also:
  • Assist with setup of AI/ML environments.
  • Assist with setup access to data in the enterprise messaging system to reduce manual review on responding to questions and automatically extract and tag important data.
  • Maintain systems and applications in the Organization’s cloud environment
  • Optimize operational efficiency of systems and applications in a cloud environment.
  • Work to ensure security compliance within the cloud infrastructure
  • Design, develop, and implement cloud-based solutions for optimization
  • Maintain cloud-based solutions
  • Deploy and debug cloud stacks
  • Educate teams on new cloud initiatives.
  • Maintain the security of the cloud infrastructure

REQUIRED SKILLS:

Clearance Level: Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Provide Operations & Maintenance (O&M) support to production systems to include troubleshooting.
  • Cloud platform administration such as Amazon Web Services.
  • Configuration and infrastructure management of technical components, including hardware, software, and data.
  • Developand continuing improvement of automation and procedures scripts.
  • Analyze and support cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services.
  • Monitor system performance and recommend corrective action.
  • Document cloud environment and maintain the documentation.
  • Infrastructure-as-code software such as Terraform or Ansible.
  • Scripting languages such as Python.
  • Linux or Linux Administration.
  • Software version control management such as GitHub.
  • Application build pipelines such as Jenkins.
HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS
  • Obtaining authentication and accreditation certification for systems with highly sensitive data
  • Complying with regulations and policies regarding systems integration with external services (such as access control or auditing), patching and maintaining current versions of software, outage
  • Reporting, accessibility requirements, internal-use software reporting, or auditing.
  • Knowledge of JIRA, Confluence or SharePoint.
  • Excellent customer service.
  • Briefing technical topics to a non-technical audience
  • Operating within the life cycle management process when implementing changes in technology
  • Effectively managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
  • Excelling both independently and as a team member in a lively, collaborative environment and security best practices.
  • Problem-solving skills.
  • Oral and written communication skills.
  • Strong leadership abilities and experience juggling competing priorities.
CERTIFICATION(S):
  • AWS Certification or other relevant Certifications

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Posted 2025-07-27

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