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.

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