Cloud Architect

$115,000 - $150,000/Yr

Survice Engineering - Belcamp, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Belcamp, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Cloud Architect position at SURVICE Engineering involves developing cloud automation and integration solutions to support the Department of Defense (DoD) IAC Operation. This role is crucial for streamlining deployments through CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes, while also maintaining and enhancing existing cloud resources and architecture. The position offers an opportunity to work collaboratively within an Agile development environment, contributing to the defense community and ensuring cybersecurity measures are in place.

Responsibilities

• Develop Cloud automation and integration solutions, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps processes to assist in streamlining deployments.
• Maintain and improve existing Cloud resources and associated architecture.
• Manage and enhance existing CI/CD pipelines.
• Author and monitor architectural design, and design approval processes/standards.
• Plan and improve the DevSecOps solutions to maintain and accommodate the changing needs of developers.
• Build and set up new development tools and infrastructure.
• Research and find new ways to automate and improve development and release processes.
• Mitigate risk against cybersecurity threats.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify technical problems to resolve quickly.
• Actively engage software engineers and developers on the team to identify issues and areas for improvement.
• Work collaboratively with other IAC team members, IT team members, and the product team as part of an Agile Development process.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Azure (App Services, Database Admin, VNets) experience (significant AWS experience may be substituted).
• Experience with Docker and CI/CD Pipeline Tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.).
• Familiarity with Code Scanning Tools (Sonarqube, Fortify).
• Knowledge of Authentication Protocols (OIDC or SAML).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Bicep, Arm templates) is preferred.
• Experience with Kubernetes is preferred.
• Security+ certification is preferred.
• Experience with Cloud Service Provider Architecture deployment use cases and best practices.
• Experience in deploying and managing cloud resources on either AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience in building DevOps pipelines.
• Experience in Cloud Native Technologies (e.g., Serverless / Docker / Kubernetes).
• Comfortable using one of the following scripting/programming languages: Python, Go, JavaScript, PowerShell, Bash.
• Experience working within an Agile environment.
• Strong verbal, written communication, and listening skills; strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent collaboration and team-building skills.
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for driving solution adoption.
• Ability to manage multiple ongoing projects.
• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Cloud Native Technologies (e.g., Serverless / Docker / Kubernetes).
• Security+ certification.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Bicep, Arm templates).

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Paid time off
• 401k
• Flexible spending
• Tuition reimbursement