Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with Security Clearance
Overview The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer provides hands-on engineering for secure, scalable cloud infrastructure supporting DoW mission systems. The position focuses on infrastructure services, automation, networking, compute, storage, identity, monitoring, and operational performance. Responsibilities
* Design, deploy, configure, and sustain cloud infrastructure for mission applications and enterprise services.
* Engineer virtual networks, subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, private connectivity, DNS, and network security controls.
* Provision and manage cloud compute, storage, databases, backup, recovery, and associated infrastructure services.
* Implement infrastructure-as-code and automated provisioning using Terraform, Cloud Formation, Bicep, Ansible, or comparable technologies.
* Configure cloud identity, role-based access control, service identities, secrets, certificates, and privileged-access mechanisms.
* Build monitoring, logging, alerting, performance management, and capacity-management capabilities.
* Automate routine administration, patching, configuration enforcement, compliance checks, and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
* Support migration of legacy workloads from on-premises infrastructure to cloud and hybrid-cloud architectures.
* Diagnose infrastructure, network, performance, availability, and security issues and drive problems to resolution.
* Participate in change management, incident response, disaster recovery exercises, technical reviews, and operational readiness assessments. Qualifications

Required Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in relevant technical field (or equivalent experience) and 6+ years of infrastructure engineering experience, with significant hands-on cloud experience.
* Strong experience with Azure or AWS infrastructure services; experience with both is highly desirable.
* Experience with networking concepts including TCP/IP, routing, VPN/private connectivity, DNS, load balancing, and network security.
* Experience administering Linux and/or Windows systems in enterprise environments.
* Experience with infrastructure-as-code, scripting, automation, Git, and CI/CD practices.
* Working knowledge of cloud security, IAM, encryption, monitoring, vulnerability management, and backup/recovery.
* Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
* Must hold a CompTIA Security+ CE or other approved 8140 IAT Level II certification.
* Must hold at least one relevant cloud certification in either Azure or AWS.
* Must reside within a 75-mile radius of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville AL or be willing to relocate prior to starting date.
* Active Secret security clearance must be able to maintain the security clearance required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in DoW/DoD mission environments.
* Experience with Azure Government, AWS Gov Cloud, IL5/IL6, or comparable regulated environments.
* Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect/Engineer or Microsoft Azure Administrator/Engineer.
* Experience with Kubernetes, containers, service mesh, or platform engineering.
* Preferred experience with SPECTRO Cloud, including deployment, configuration, administration, and integration of SPECTRO Cloud capabilities within hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
* Preferred experience architecting, deploying, and integrating SPECTRO Cloud as part of secure hybrid and multi-cloud environments, including platform orchestration, workload management, automation, and integration with government mission systems. Physical Demands
* The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
* The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
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