Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer Journeyman to design, engineer, and integrate secure multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures for mission-critical government systems. The role is responsible for Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation, networking, security controls, observability, cost optimization, disaster recovery, and DevOps support.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud architectures across major public cloud platforms to support enterprise workloads with strong emphasis on security, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, and automation pipelines to standardize and automate cloud resource provisioning
- Engineer cloud networking constructs including virtual networks/VPCs, subnets, routing, peering, and secure connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) integrated with on‑premises enterprise networks
- Configure and manage cloud security services and controls such as IAM, security groups, key management, configuration monitoring, and threat detection to align with government security and cloud governance requirements
- Implement cloud monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, Elastic, Splunk) to provide operational visibility, detect anomalies, and support incident response activities
- Optimize cloud resource utilization through rightsizing, scaling policies, use of reserved and spot instances, and performance tuning to manage spend while meeting service level objectives
- Design and test disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for cloud workloads, including backup, replication, multi‑region architectures, and documented recovery playbooks for mission‑critical systems
- Support DevOps practices by integrating CI/CD pipelines with cloud platforms, container orchestration tools, and configuration management solutions to streamline deployments and reduce operational risk
Skills
- **Active Secret Security Clearance Required**
- This position is full telework but candidates must reside within 50 miles of Washington DC or San Antonio TX
- * Bachelor's degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
- * Approximately 4–7 years of hands‑on experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security within enterprise or government environments, including multi‑cloud or hybrid architectures
- * Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates and supporting automated deployment pipelines
- * Demonstrated experience configuring and managing cloud networking, identity and access management, and security controls in at least one major public cloud provider
- * Experience implementing and operating cloud monitoring and logging solutions and supporting incident response in production environments
- * Must hold an active Secret clearance and meet applicable DoD 8140 requirements
- * Must be a US Citizen
- * AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- * Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification
- * Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes in production cloud environments
- * Experience working in federal or other highly regulated enterprise IT environments with formal cloud governance frameworks
Benefits
- This position is full telework, but candidates must reside within 50 miles of Washington DC or San Antonio TX.
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