Cloud Operations Engineer

Cloud Operations Engineer

The Opportunity:

  Organizations are rapidly evolving their cloud environments and ensuring those environments run securely, reliably, and efficiently is critical. As a Cloud Ops Engineer, you will operate and optimize cloud platforms, automate infrastructure, and support mission focused teams as they deploy, scale, and maintain cloud-native solutions. You’ll strengthen your technical skills while helping clients achieve operational excellence across their cloud ecosystems.

Empower change with us. Work in a dynamic, large team environment supporting a large–scale government program, using next–gen tools, standards, and processes, including Kubernetes, Git Lab CI, Ansible, Cloud Formation, Terraform/Terragrunt, and Python. Design and develop Dev Sec Ops  pipelines to drive rapid Cloud delivery of functionality using CI/CD tools like Git Lab, Jenkins, Ansible, or AWS Code Deploy. Use state of the art diagnostic tools, AI best practices, and monitoring systems to provide analysis on Web application errors, including the identification and investigation of application behavior through code and log analysis and business logic.

Join us. The world can't wait. You Have:   4+ years of experience operating cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, or GCPExperience with container technologies, including Docker or Kubernetes, and with automation tools, including Git Lab and Git Hub

Experience with IaC tooling, including Terraform, Cloud Formation, or ARMExperience with scripting, including Python, Bash, or Power Shell  Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems and cloud-native applications

Secret clearance Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience working with a cloud service provider, or Master's degree and 1+ years of experience working with a cloud service provider

Ability to obtain AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified Cloud Ops, or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification within 60 days of start date Ability to obtain DoD 8570 IAT Level II or IAT Level III Certification within 30 days of start date

Nice If You Have: 

  Experience with Linux or Windows Server

Experience with network fundamentals

Experience with Generative AI best practices, prompt engineering, agentic, and agentic workflows

Knowledge of Zero Trust frameworks for the cloud, containers, and applications Bachelor's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering Clearance:   Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;
Secret clearance is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

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