Sr Cloud Engineer

About INflow Federal

founded in 2013, INflow Federal is a mission-driven small business delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Department of War (DoW) and Joint Force operations across 20+ states. Our strength comes from our people - especially the Veterans who make up over 50% of our workforce. Through our Veteran Outreach Program and employee-first culture, we invest deeply in professional growth, well-being, and innovation.

Known for our agility, transparency, and integrity, INflow combines real-world experience with emerging technologies like AI/ML to help our customers lead in a rapidly evolving defense landscape. We empower both our employees and mission partners to stay ahead - driving smarter, faster, and more secure outcomes.

In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services.

If you are ready to take on challenging projects, collaborate with top-tier engineers, and contribute to the future of technology, we invite you to apply and be part of our mission to empower federal agencies with powerful, integrated solutions. Here, your work is more than a job—it's a journey in innovation. With opportunities to work on high-impact projects, access to the latest technologies, and a culture that thrives on creativity and collaboration, INflow Federal is where your expertise can truly make a difference.

• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.).
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents.
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage.
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation, along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks.
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing.
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems.
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion.
• Participate in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings.

• AWS serverless infrastructure components.
• Willing to learn cross-domain services available at NGA.
• A working understanding of Type Script, JavaScript, Python, Bash.
• Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, Git Lab, Open Shift, Nexus, Self Service).
• Git Lab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in Open Shift or AWS.
• Strong understanding of Dev Sec Ops  and software/application development processes.
• Understanding of Git Lab or other Dev Sec Ops /Continuous Integration tools.
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design.

• Background as a system administrator.
• Cross Domain engineering.
• AWS Diode.
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.).
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Security+ Certification.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience.

• Active DoD…