Cloud Engineer

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit  to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Join Peraton’s mission‑critical team supporting secure, real‑time data delivery across complex operational environments in direct support of our nation's warfighters. If you are driven by national security and energized by cutting‑edge C2

ISR capabilities, sensor integration, and resilient data transport solutions, we invite you to join our team.

We are seeking highly cleared professionals who excel at the intersection of advanced communications infrastructure, distributed systems, and mission assurance—where reliability, security, and performance are paramount.

Specifically, we are looking for a TS/SCI cleared Cloud Engineer – SME to support this mission at Pope Airfield, North Carolina.

• Provides leadership for cloud‑based engineering support across the Task Order, establishing overarching goals and strategic plans for delivering advanced technological solutions for mission‑critical infrastructure. Leads activities to transition to modernize engineering practices, digital engineering frameworks, and emerging mission systems technologies.
• Directs and controls the strategic development and implementation of comprehensive cloud engineering strategies that enhance data management, computational capabilities, and technological scalability across all relevant environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, GC2, mC2, DAF CLOUD works).
• Possesses expert domain and technical knowledge in cloud architecture and C2
  
  ISR systems, applying this to define and drive the technical roadmap for optimizing cloud‑based infrastructure to address emerging mission requirements and technological challenges.
• Has overall responsibility for establishing and implementing innovative cloud engineering approaches that significantly improve mission effectiveness, technological adaptability, and continuous cloud infrastructure improvement. Provides training on integrated C2
  
  ISR workflows, data flows, and cross‑platform dependencies.
• Engages in high‑level client negotiations and interfaces with senior management regarding the strategic vision, capabilities, and resource allocation for advanced cloud solutions within the C2
  
  ISR Transport Infrastructure.
• Utilizes expert domain knowledge and decision‑making that has a critical impact on the overall project implementation, ensuring all cloud solutions enable continuous mission‑focused technological innovation, including auto‑scaling and AI/ML tools to optimize workloads and achieve real‑time adaptive performance.
• Directs and controls the methods and staffing for cloud engineering teams, ensuring delivery of high‑impact, scalable, and resilient cloud solutions.
• Oversees the strategic maintenance and evolution of critical cloud environments like Grizzly Cloud 2.0, mil Cloud 2.0 IL5 LZ networks, and DAF CLOUD works, ensuring optimal support for ISR data and C2
  
  ISR applications.
• Provides authoritative guidance on advanced design, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and virtualization strategies for Government expeditionary C2 applications and their migration between cloud (e.g., Grizzly Cloud 2.0) and expeditionary systems.
• Shapes the future direction of cloud integration for the Task Order by pioneering new cloud services, ITSM platform integrations, and advanced capabilities for digital workflows and just‑in‑time provisioning.
• Utilizes Edge View to monitor and manage edge devices, troubleshoot…