Cloud Engineer - Active Secret Clearance

Job Description

Job Description

Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Work Type: Hybrid

Location: Washington, DC

Clearance: Active Secret Clearance

Salary: $100,000-$145,000

Summary

We are seeking a mission-driven Cloud Engineer to design, build, secure, and sustain cloud platforms and mission applications across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or DoD/FedRAMP-authorized environments. You will partner with cybersecurity, application teams, and stakeholders to deliver resilient, compliant, and cost‑optimized cloud services that support maritime safety, security, and stewardship.

Key Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable landing zones, VNET/VPC architectures, and networking aligned to Zero Trust, and government policies.
• Implement infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) and configuration management (Ansible, SSM, Desired State Configuration).
• Create reusable modules/pipelines (CI/CD) in GitHub/GitLab/Azure DevOps for repeatable provisioning and blue/green deployments.
• Engineer controls to meet FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST SP 800‑53 requirements.
• Stand up and manage container and serverless platforms (EKS/AKS, ECS, Lambda, Azure Functions) and PaaS services (databases).
• Implement observability (logging, metrics, tracing) using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry, or Synthetics.
• Contribute to cloud governance standards, landing zone patterns, and best practices catalogs.
• Partner with developers, cybersecurity, and mission owners to migrate/modernize systems (rehost/refactor/replatform).
• Provide support, root-cause analysis, and knowledge transfer to operations teams.
• Provide Tier I and Tier II Helpdesk Support to end users via phone, email, and ticketing systems.
• Support user account management (Active Directory, permissions, and group policies)

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance (required at time of application).
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or a related field.
• 3-7+ years of hands-on cloud engineering or SRE experience in AWS and/or Azure (federal or enterprise).

• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong foundation in networking (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, routing, VPNs), Linux/Windows, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and git.
• Experience implementing security controls aligned to NIST 800‑53 and FedRAMP.
• Familiarity with RMF/ATO processes.
• Scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Ability to create clear documentation, diagrams, and runbooks; strong stakeholder communication skills.

• Data services expertise (RDS/SQL MI, Postgres, KMS/Key Vault, Secrets Manager) and event-driven patterns (Kafka/Event Hub).
• Must be able to reliably commute to Washington, D.C. 20032.

Benefits

Salary: $100,000-$145,000

Benefits include Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance, and PTO.