Cloud Engineer

Founded in 1999 in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Cadre5 provides innovative technical solutions to customers locally and nationally. Our Cadre5 Lab Partners division has partnered with the National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to recruit Cloud Engineers for the American Science Cloud (AmSC) initiative.

AmSC is a first-of-its-kind, federally funded cloud infrastructure and API platform designed to accelerate AI model development, data sharing, and large-scale computational science across the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

ORNL is a premier research institution delivering breakthroughs in energy, national security, and advanced computing. Located near Knoxville, TN, the lab provides world-class resources to solve some of the nation’s most complex scientific challenges.

We are recruiting multiple Cloud Engineers with complementary skill sets; some focused on AWS cloud infrastructure and others on Dev Ops/MLOps and application deployment.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of a groundbreaking project that will help shape the future of U.S. scientific computing. If you’re passionate about cloud engineering, Dev Ops, and enabling large-scale science, we’d love to hear from you!

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The first step in the interview process requires candidates to join a Microsoft Teams meeting with the video turned on.**

This is a full-time position that can telecommute. Occasional travel to the Oak Ridge facility may be required.

• Working with highly talented team members
• Excellent medical insurance, including employer-paid benefits

The American Science Cloud (AmSC) will deliver secure, containerized workflows, GPU-enabled training environments, and integration with DOE’s high-performance computing facilities (ALCF, OLCF, NERSC, ESnet, HPDF). This collaborative effort will bring together cloud engineering, HPC, cybersecurity, data science, and program management expertise to build the next generation of scientific computing infrastructure.

As a Cloud Engineer, you may:

• Design, build, and support AWS-based cloud infrastructure for distributed scientific workloads.
• Develop and maintain deployment pipelines and Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
• Assist with secure computing, API development, and workflow orchestration.
• Support containerized, cross-facility workloads and AI/ML model deployment.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and support teams to ensure reliable, scalable solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, Dev Ops, or related roles.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS
  , Kubernetes
  , and CI/CD pipelines
  .
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse, cross‑functional teams.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy "Q" clearance is required. This requires U.S. Citizenship.

• 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, Dev Ops, or related roles.
• AWS services such as EKS, Sage Maker, API Gateway, IAM/Identity Center.
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation).
• Workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow, Kubeflow).
• Experience with data storage systems (S3, Postgre
  
  SQL, object storage).
• Familiarity with observability/automation tools and MLOps practices.

Cadre5 offers excellent pay and benefits, to include full medical, dental, and vision coverage coupled with 401(k) match, 15 days PTO, and 10 holidays.

Cadre5 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, are encouraged to apply. Cadre5 is an E‑Verify Employer.