At Credence, we support our clients' mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for warfighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for a Cloud Engineer to support our contract with the DLA Enterprise Sourcing, Medical and Contingency (ESMC) portfolio, providing secure cloud hosting, modernization, and sustainment for mission‑critical applications within AWS GovCloud and AWS Secret Regions. In this role, the Cloud Engineer will manage IL5/IL6‑compliant cloud environments; support the migration and optimization of major DLA systems such as FedMall, the Defense Automated Addressing System (DAAS), Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), Joint Contingency Expeditionary Services (JCXS), and the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE), which collectively serve more than 250,000 government users; implement Infrastructure‑as‑Code and automation to streamline deployments; ensure compliance with DoD security requirements; and deliver ongoing operational support that enhances DLA's logistics, procurement, and contingency mission readiness.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below

Collaborate with a large team of Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Cybersecurity Professionals to migrate, manage, and modernize workloads in the cloud-servicing DoD customers. 
Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and design and implement solutions. 
Assist team to solve complex technical problems and build automations to eliminate mundane tasks.  
Research and learn the latest available technologies to continuously find more efficient solutions to common problems. 
Document any developed processes and procedures.

Requirements

Must be clearable for DoD Public Trust or higher 
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
Current CompTIA Security+ Certification or ability to obtain it in the first 60 days
Current AWS Certification or ability to obtain it in the first 90 days
A minimum five (5) years related technical work experience 
Ability to work and produce results in an agile and fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines 
Strong AWS and Terraform skills is a must
Familiarity with basic cloud concepts (EC2/VM, service-based databases, Infrastructure as code, Virtual Networking, etc.) 
Proficiency/Familiarity with Python 
Familiarity with JSON or YAML object writing 
Understanding of orchestration tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Ansible, or AWS SSM preferred) 
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
Familiarity with containerization in the cloud (EKS, ECS, Fargate)
Familiarity with common protocols including but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, HTTP(s), SFTP, SCP  
Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure, Private Clouds etc.)  
Familiarity with Active Directory and/or other LDAP based solutions. 
Experience automating tasks in a cloud or on premise environment

Nice to Have

Familiarity with Sys Admin scripting languages (Shell, PowerShell, JavaScript)

AWS Associate, Specialty, or Pro Level Certification 
Experience with migrating workloads to the cloud

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