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Cloud Engineer — AWS & Azure Remote (United States) | Full-time, W-2 | Two (2) openings

POSITION SUMMARY

United Global Technologies, Inc. (UGT) is expanding its cloud engineering team supporting a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory. We are hiring two Cloud Engineers to bring depth and rigor to the client's AWS and Azure environments. These engineers will join an established, high-performing UGT team already delivering cloud services to this client, working alongside laboratory staff on broad-based cloud architecture, engineering, and strategic planning.

This is architecture-forward work, not ticket queue work. You will help shape where workloads live, how the multi-cloud estate is structured and governed, and what the client's cloud roadmap looks like over the next several years — and then build what you design.

The two positions are complementary rather than identical. One role will lead with AWS depth; the other will lead with Azure depth. Both engineers are expected to be functional across both platforms and to converge the two estates on a common set of automation, identity, security, and governance standards. If you are strong in one cloud and eager to go deep in the second, we want to talk to you.

This is a direct, full-time W-2 position with UGT on a long-term dedicated client assignment — not a short-term, temporary, or contract-to-hire engagement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES — BOTH POSITIONS

• Develop cloud architecture and reference designs for AWS and Azure, and guide workload placement decisions across the multi-cloud estate.
• Contribute to cloud strategy and roadmap planning with client stakeholders — modernization sequencing, platform selection, migration planning, and the business case behind each.
• Design, deploy, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure in support of mission, enterprise IT, and research computing workloads.
• Author and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred; CloudFormation, Bicep, or ARM as applicable) so that environments are reproducible, version-controlled, and peer-reviewed.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment, with automated testing, policy checks, and controlled promotion across environments.
• Implement cloud security and governance: identity and access management, network and enclave segmentation, encryption and key management, data classification handling (including CUI), and log aggregation into the enterprise SIEM.
• Apply and document compliance controls aligned to NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and DOE cybersecurity requirements, and support assessment, authorization, and continuous-monitoring activities. • Drive observability and reliability: monitoring, alerting, logging, capacity planning, backup and recovery, and participation in incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Own cloud cost management: tagging discipline, rightsizing, reserved capacity and savings plans, budget alerting, and clear chargeback/showback reporting.
• Partner with client technical staff to translate requirements into architecture, document designs and runbooks, present recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences, and raise the overall cloud maturity of the teams you support.
• Contribute to standardization across clouds so that patterns established in one platform are deliberately mirrored in the other rather than reinvented.

  POSITION A — AWS EMPHASIS

  • Own AWS landing zone, multi-account, and Organizations/Control Tower architecture, including SCPs and account vending.

  • Engineer core AWS services: IAM, VPC and hybrid connectivity, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, and Security Hub.

  • Serve as the technical reference point for AWS design reviews, cost optimization, and Well-Architected assessments.

  POSITION B — AZURE EMPHASIS

• Own Azure landing zone design, subscription and management-group structure, Azure Policy, and Blueprints.
• Engineer core Azure services: Entra ID (Azure AD), Virtual Networks and ExpressRoute, Azure VMs, Storage, Azure SQL, Functions, AKS, Monitor/Log Analytics, and Defender for Cloud.
• Serve as the technical reference point for Azure identity integration, hybrid Active Directory alignment, and Microsoft 365 / Azure boundary questions.

  REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Five (5)+ years of hands-on infrastructure or cloud engineering experience, including at least three (3) years in a primary role on AWS or Azure.
• Demonstrated production experience with Infrastructure as Code — Terraform strongly preferred.
• Working proficiency in at least one scripting or automation language (Python, PowerShell, or Bash).
• Practical experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or Jenkins) and Git-based workflows.
• Solid grounding in cloud networking, identity and access management, and cloud security fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of the second cloud platform, with a credible track record of learning new platforms quickly and a commitment to becoming fully proficient in both.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to produce clear design documentation and runbooks and to explain technical trade-offs to non-specialist stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship required. Must be able to pass and maintain a favorable background investigation for access to the client environment.
• Proven effectiveness working remotely on a distributed team: self-directed, disciplined about documentation, and responsive during client core business hours.

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience in a DOE national laboratory, federal, FedRAMP, or other regulated, compliance-driven environment.
• Relevant certifications: AWS Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer (Professional) or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert / Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
• Experience handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and applying NIST 800-171 / 800-53 controls in practice.
• Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/AKS).
• Experience developing cloud strategy artifacts — reference architectures, roadmaps, migration assessments, or cost/benefit analyses — for enterprise stakeholders.
• Exposure to research or scientific computing environments, including HPC integration or large-scale data movement.
• Experience with policy-as-code and drift detection (Open Policy Agent, Sentinel, Azure Policy, AWS Config rules).
• FinOps experience or certification, or a track record of measurable cloud cost reduction.
• An active or recently active DOE clearance (L or Q).

  WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE — FIRST 90 DAYS

• Fully onboarded and productive: environment access established and first infrastructure changes shipped through the existing CI/CD pipeline.
• A documented current-state assessment of your primary cloud estate, with prioritized recommendations for security, reliability, and cost.
• At least one meaningful standardization win delivered — a landing zone pattern, policy baseline, or pipeline improvement adopted by the team.
• Trusted working relationships established with client technical staff and the existing UGT team, despite the distributed model.
• Cross-training underway in the secondary cloud platform, with a visible contribution made outside your primary specialty.

  WORK ARRANGEMENT & ELIGIBILITY

• Direct full-time W-2 employment with United Global Technologies, Inc., on a long-term dedicated assignment.
• Fully remote within the United States, with availability aligned to client core business hours. Occasional travel for planning sessions or team meetings may be requested but is not routine.
• U.S. citizenship required. No classified or ITAR work is anticipated in these positions, but background investigation requirements apply.
• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience, plus a full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and paid time off.

ABOUT UGT

United Global Technologies, Inc. is a WOSB-certified IT staffing and engineering services firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a six-time Inc. 5000 honoree operating across 28+ states. UGT has supported the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory complex for more than a decade, delivering IT, cybersecurity, cloud, and engineering talent to mission-critical programs. Our people are hired directly onto the UGT team and supported for the long term — not passed through as transactional placements.