Cloud Engineer; AI; Senior; Top Secret

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The Senior Cloud Engineer (AI Integration) supports advanced AI/ML workloads by designing secure, scalable cloud environments across multi enclave and high security settings. This role builds and optimizes cloud infrastructure for distributed model training, high performance compute, and low latency inference. The engineer enhances automation practices, standardizes processes across teams, and strengthens secure cloud operations.

• Design and implement cloud architectures optimized for AI/ML compute, storage, and networking needs.
• Automate cloud infrastructure using Dev Sec Ops  and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Integrate public cloud platforms with on‑premises hyperconverged systems and accelerator hardware.
• Support secure, high availability operations for classified or mission critical AI applications.
• Manage container orchestration platforms and ensure efficient multi‑tenant operations.
• Implement data and model governance practices to maintain secure AI pipelines.

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or related technical roles.
• Hands‑on experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of AI/ML compute environments, distributed systems, or HPC.
• Skills in IaC (Terraform, Bicep, Cloud Formation) and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and cloud networking/storage optimization.
• Strong understanding of secure cloud practices and multi enclave operations.
• Effective communication and cross‑team collaboration skills.
• Active Top Secret clearance required.

• Experience with hybrid or multi‑cloud integrations.
• Familiarity with GPU/accelerator hardware and AI optimized cloud patterns.
• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect).
• Experience working in high security or classified environments.

• Air-gapped hybrid cloud and on‑premises operational environments, including complex multi‑enclave ecosystems.
• AWS Gov Cloud/SC2S/C2S and GCP cloud platforms Nutanix host and cluster configuration, management with Prism Central, and NDFS configuration/management.
• Cisco switching, routing, firewalling, and site‑to‑site functionality (such as IPSEC, DMVPN, and SD‑WAN).
• Locally hosted GPU servers.
• Multi‑tenant Cross‑Domain Solutions (CDS).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift).
• Cloud‑native security implementation and security accreditation processes.
• Advanced Git Lab CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  practices.
• Enterprise database services (RDS, RDS Aurora, DynamoDB).
• Serverless architectures (Lambda).
• Cloud networking and VPC configuration.
• Monitoring, logging, and data platforms (Elasticsearch, Open Search, Splunk).
• Microservices architecture and API Gateway implementation.
• Development experience with Python, .NET/C#, and related languages.
• Identity and access services (Microsoft Active…