We’re looking for a Cloud Egnineer to play a central role in the design, and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performing systems—ensuring our clients’ are successful If you’re driven by a desire to innovate, excel at operational excellence, and thrive in a collaborative environment, come be part of a team committed to making the world a safer place.
What You'll Do
- Become a member of a highly-collaborative engineering team offering a unique blend of engineering solutions.
- Serve as the cloud SME to clients within design, architecture, and deployment engagements in the AWS, Azure, or GCP space using automated orchestration and configuration management techniques.
- Perform as a partner with leading Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises to meet security goals and pave the way for digital transformation and modernization.
- Design and implement security tooling solutions such as Tenable, Trend Micro, AquaSec, Microsoft Defender, Burp Suite and others.
- Evaluate technical solutions against NIST/FedRAMP controls.
- Engage in developing client cloud and security strategies, vision-state architectures, roadmaps, and planning activities.
- Engage with clients to perform cloud configuration and maturity reviews.
- Coordinate with clients and team members to identify the right balance of defense-in-depth techniques to translate customer’s goals into a secure and effective solution.
- Engage in designing and implementing secure and compliant enterprise servers, network infrastructure, boundary protection, and cloud architectures using Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Work across a myriad of technology stacks in the leading cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and GCP, researching how to understand and utilize native services in deployments.
- Provide support to the security assessment and authorization process.
- Authoring and peer review of detailed design documentation, including security documentation and inclusive of vendor best practices
What You'll Bring
- 3+ years of directly relevant systems engineering and architecture experience including requirements definition, architecture development, development of use cases and stories, and systems integration & test
- 3+ years of experience supporting cloud architecture, design, implementation, operations and automation in AWS, Azure or GCP.
- 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and orchestration/automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP platform capabilities and services (Cloud Architect, Cloud DevOps Engineer, or Cloud Security Engineer)
- Experience working within technical teams of 3+ individuals in an Agile environment
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Effective documentation skills, including technical diagrams and written descriptions
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team with a professional attitude and demeanor
- Critical thinking, and ability to balance security requirements with mission needs
- Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately in a dynamic and fluid environment
- BS or above in related Information Technology field or equivalent experience
Bonus Points
Professional/Expert level certifications in AWS or Azure or GCP
Previous experience supporting clients from within a professional services organization
Project management experience for individual and team projects (ability to track detailed tasks and ensure timely delivery)
Experience automating workflows in GitLab/GitHub with Terraform and Ansible.
Expertise with serverless, microservices, and other modern application architectures
Familiarity with configuration baseline standards such as CIS Benchmarks & DISA STIG
Proven expertise in the implementation of encryption technologies (SSL, encryption, PKI)
Familiarity with frameworks such as FedRAMP, FISMA, HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, NIST Controls, etc.
· CISSP, CISM, or CISA certifications
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