Cloud Engineer

Career Opportunities with Atlas Technologies, Inc.

Atlas Tech, an employee recognized Best Place to Work government contractor, supports the US military by providing Enterprise IT solutions to mission-critical, high-availability, and tactical applications. We are looking for a passionate, flexible, committed Cloud Engineer to join our group of highly motivated professionals.

If you are comfortable in fast paced environments, can think on your feet, and excel in team-based collaborative efforts, then this may be the right fit for you. As the Cloud Engineer, you will work with efforts to provide systems engineering and integration of Naval software systems.

• Be responsible for cloud infrastructure, automating and streamlining operations, and building and maintaining tools for deployment
• Develop automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code templates
• Build solutions to automate cloud operations tasks including monitoring, scaling, backup, and disaster recovery
• Provide expertise in cloud architecture and modern infrastructure practices
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code
• Design and optimize cloud architectures to improve performance, cost-efficiency, security, and scalability
• Provide recommendations for cloud best practices and process improvements
• Contribute to team objectives and support cloud migration initiatives
• Design and implement cloud monitoring and management solutions
• Prepare technical documentation and present architecture proposals to engineering teams
• Deploy and test cloud infrastructure in development environments as part of CI/CD processes
• Research new technologies to support enterprise automation solutions for large DoD Systems
• Investigate and resolve complex issues that span multiple applications/technologies and require involvement from technical personnel across multiple groups
• Verify documentation is easy to understand for both internal and external teams with varying skillsets and expertise
• Provide feedback on internal processes and recommendations for improvement
• Decompose tasks and provide status updates

• Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level Security Clearance or you’re able to obtain an interim security clearance prior to hire date.
• DoD  Certifications to be qualified as an Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II
• 3+ years of technical experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Experience in a DEVOPS role or similar overseeing complex IT infrastructure
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM templates)
• Ability to design, deploy, and manage multi-tier cloud applications and services
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Working knowledge and experience with Agile framework and Scrum
• Understanding of cloud networking, security, and cost optimization principles
• Strong documentation and oral communication skills to clearly communicate with all levels of users, engineers, managers, and organizations
• Ability to work with others in a highly collaborative environment
• Self-Motivated, strong work ethic and commitment to quality
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple goals and priorities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience in a cloud engineering role
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions)
  • Configuration management and automation platforms (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
  • Programming/scripting languages (Bash/Python/HTML/etc)
  • Git, Git Lab, Git Lab Pipelines, Artifactory, Confluence and Jira
  • Integrated development environment (IDE, Visual Studio Code) for GIT management and code revision
  • Cloud computing infrastructure (i.e. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat Open Shift)
  • Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
  • Microservices architecture and serverless computing
  • Database administration in cloud environments
  • Security best practices and compliance frameworks
  • Cost optimization and Fin Ops practices
• Certifications:
  • AWS Solutions Architect
  • Azure Administrator
  • Google Cloud Associate
  • Other Cloud related
  • Scrum/Agile
  • Red Hat
  • Microsoft
  • CISSP,…