Clearance Required: TS Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Specialist Location: Andrews Air Force Base, MD We are seeking an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Specialist key role in designing, provisioning, securing, and maintaining the AWS-based infrastructure supporting the DME MVP solution. This role combines cloud architecture, DevSecOps engineering, automation, and security expertise ensuring that all deployed environments meet strict DoD standards and operate efficiently within a SIPR environment. The specialist also contributes to a self-service data infrastructure platform that accelerates development and operational agility across the mission. Responsibilities: • Design, harden, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure supporting the DME MVP solution. • Build a self-service data infrastructure platform to accelerate engineering and data workflows. • Engineer cross-cloud data interoperability across AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and Google Cloud. • Develop secure, fully automated Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and CloudFormation. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines enabling automated testing, security scanning, and continuous delivery. • Lead creation of MVP service catalog and API gateway with integrated access controls. • Manage cloud networking, IAM, encryption, identity federation, and segmentation aligned to DoD requirements. • Optimize cloud performance, reliability, and cost across multiple platforms. • Ensure compliance with DoD STIGs, Zero Trust principles, CSF, and related cybersecurity frameworks. • Produce high-quality documentation, runbooks, architecture diagrams, and knowledge-sharing materials. Required Skills & Experience: • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience (approx. 5+ years in cloud engineering). • Must possess and maintain required DoD 8140 certifications. • Understanding of cross-cloud data patterns and architectures (AWS/Azure/OCI/GCP). • Deep hands-on AWS experience across compute, storage, networking, IAM, KMS, VPC, and monitoring services. • Strong command of AWS IAM roles, policies, and security best practices. • Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform and CloudFormation. • Experience designing, building, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline). • Strong DevSecOps background and familiarity with modern Git/GitOps workflows. • Solid understanding of cloud networking, Linux/Unix administration, and security fundamentals. • Working knowledge of Zero Trust architectures, DoD STIGs, secure API patterns, and boundary protections. • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment. • Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI preferred. Preferred (Nice-to-Have) Qualifications: • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, Security Specialty). • Experience implementing data fabric or data mesh architectures across multi-cloud environments. • Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS) and secure container build pipelines. • Background in DoD-compliant logging, monitoring, and observability solutions (e.g., Elastic, Grafana, CloudWatch, Splunk). • Experience building or integrating secure API gateways, service catalogs, or self-service cloud platforms. Benefits: We offer a competitive benefits and compensation package and FUN place to work! Benefits include, but not limited to: Health and Wellness Benefits • Medical Insurance (three CareFirst healthcare plans to choose from, Dental and Vision Insurance, 75% covered for employee/ 50% per dependent • Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions $1500 individual/ $3000 family Personal Insurance Benefits • Company-paid Life Insurance and AD&D coverage • Company-paid Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance Paid Leave • Employees receive 20 days of vacation/10 holidays built into hourly rate/ 5 days of Administrative time (currently used for snow, jury, bereavement) Retirement • Pre-tax 401k program including 6% company match • 100% fully vested from eligibility date *Eligible after 90 days of employment