Hybrid Cloud Platform Engineer

Overview

The Hybrid Cloud Platform Engineer designs, deploys, integrates, and sustains secure hybrid-cloud platform capabilities supporting Department of War (DoW) mission environments. The role bridges on-premises infrastructure with multiple cloud ecosystems and focuses on reusable platform services, automation, reliability, security, and operational readiness.

• Engineer and operate hybrid-cloud platforms spanning on-premises data centers and authorized cloud environments, including Azure and AWS where applicable.
• Design and implement platform services for compute, storage, networking, identity, containerization, observability, backup, disaster recovery, and configuration management.
• Build infrastructure-as-code and configuration automation using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Power Shell, Python, or equivalent tools.
• Develop standardized, reusable landing-zone and platform patterns that can be deployed consistently across mission environments.
• Integrate cloud platforms with enterprise identity, PKI, DNS, logging, SIEM, vulnerability management, endpoint security, and other DoW enterprise services.
• Support containerized and Kubernetes-based workloads, including cluster configuration, ingress, storage, networking, secrets, and lifecycle management.
• Implement secure Dev Sec Ops  pipelines and automated testing, compliance validation, patching, and deployment processes.
• Troubleshoot complex cross-domain infrastructure issues involving network connectivity, performance, identity, storage, compute, and application dependencies.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, data, software, network, and mission teams to ensure platform services satisfy mission and security requirements.
• Produce technical documentation, architecture diagrams, standard operating procedures, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks.
• Create, manage, and monitor Azure storage solutions (Blob, File, Queue). Implement and maintain robust backup and disaster recovery procedures.

• Bachelor's degree in relevant technical field (or equivalent experience) and 6+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider and preferably both Azure and AWS.
• Experience with virtualization, enterprise storage, networking, Linux and Windows administration, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, automation, CI/CD, source control, and configuration management.
• Understanding of cloud security, Zero Trust principles, identity and access management, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and compliance controls.
• Strong troubleshooting and systems-integration skills in complex enterprise or mission environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, program leadership, and government stakeholders.
• Must reside within a
  75-mile radius of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville AL
  or be willing to relocate prior to starting date.
• Must have (or be able to have before starting):
  • CompTIA Security+ CE, or other approved 8570 IAT Level II certification.
  • Cloud certification such as:
    Microsoft AZ900 (Azure Fundamentals), Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, CCSP, GCSA or other equivalent Cloud certifications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government Security Clearance. An active clearance will be required to start.

• Experience supporting DoW, DoD, intelligence-community, or other federal mission environments.
• Experience with IL4/IL5/IL6 or equivalent controlled cloud environments and federal security authorization processes.
• Relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications such as…