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Cloud Engineer

Location: Hill Air Force Base, UT. Clearance Required: Secret (Top Secret Prefered). Employment Type: Full-Time.

About the Role

The JAAW Group LLC, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support secure, mission-critical cloud infrastructure for the ICBM Sentinel program at Hill Air Force Base. This role is responsible for designing, deploying, maintaining, securing, and improving cloud and platform infrastructure within a classified Department of Defense environment. The Cloud Engineer will work across cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and automation while supporting containerized and compute-intensive workloads. This individual will collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, software development, data, and AI/ML teams to deliver reliable and secure cloud capabilities in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical government workloads.
• Support AWS and/or Microsoft Azure environments, including compute, storage, networking, identity, access, and security controls.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Support Kubernetes and containerized workloads, including Docker-based environments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and DevSecOps processes.
• Automate infrastructure and operational tasks using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.
• Monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and support patching and configuration management.
• Implement and maintain security controls, STIG compliance checks, and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Support cloud-based compute environments, including GPU-enabled or high-performance workloads as required.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure, software development, data engineering, and AI/ML teams on cloud and platform requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, infrastructure configurations, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Participate in Agile delivery activities, including sprints, standups, retrospectives, and continuous process improvement.
  

Required Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance required prior to onboarding; Top Secret preferred.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field; relevant certifications and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 2+ years of cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or related technical experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or another major cloud platform.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps, or DevSecOps practices.
• Proficiency with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.
• Working knowledge of cloud networking, identity and access management, security controls, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile, fast-paced, mission-focused environment.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS GovCloud and/or Microsoft Azure government environments.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as GitLab, GitHub, Argo CD, Crossplane, or Backstage.
• Experience supporting high-performance computing environments, including Slurm, PBS, AWS ParallelCluster, or AWS Batch.
• Experience with NVIDIA GPUs, CUDA/cuDNN, or GPU-accelerated workloads.
• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure, model-serving environments, or data platforms.
• Familiarity with Apache Kafka, Airflow, Spark, EMR, Redshift, or Glue.
• Experience with Zero Trust, RMF, STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, or other DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or other federal government environments.
• AWS, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, or other relevant cloud certifications.
• CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8140-compliant certification.