Cloud Engineer

🕒 June 24

🏈 Alabama, Virginia, +1 more states – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote ⛰️ West Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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Empower AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1989

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Defense • Healthcare • Logistics

Empower AI, formerly known as NCI, is a company that enhances the capabilities of public sector teams through advanced artificial intelligence solutions. With a focus on federal agencies, Empower AI leverages its extensive technical expertise to address complex challenges in both Civilian and Defense missions, enabling government leaders to boost workforce productivity and make informed decisions quickly. The company's offerings encompass a range of specialties, including AI, cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration, aimed at facilitating meaningful transformation within government operations.

📋 Description

• The Cloud Engineer is a senior technical role responsible for architecting, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure supporting U.S. Army IT managed services. • This position bridges legacy on-premises environments with modern cloud-native architectures, ensuring secure, resilient, and cost-effective operations across a hybrid IT landscape. • Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on FedRAMP-authorized platforms (AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure Government, Google Cloud for Government) supporting Army workloads. • Lead technical execution of cloud migration efforts including workload assessment, lift-and-shift operations, re-platforming, and cloud-native refactoring. • Support on-premises infrastructure environments including servers, storage, networking, and virtualization platforms (VMware, Hyper-V) as part of hybrid cloud operations. • Develop and enforce cloud governance policies covering IAM, resource provisioning guardrails, tagging standards, and cost controls. • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, or equivalent tools to automate provisioning and configuration management. • Maintain high availability, disaster recovery (DR), and business continuity plans (BCP) for both cloud and data center environments. • Oversee hybrid network connectivity including SD-WAN, AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, and VPN solutions between on-premises and cloud environments. • Monitor infrastructure performance and security posture using tools such as CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Splunk, or similar SIEM/observability platforms. • Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement NIST 800-53 controls, continuous monitoring (ConMon), RMF processes, and FedRAMP compliance requirements. • Support FinOps practices including cloud cost analysis, rightsizing recommendations, and budget reporting for reimbursable IT programs. • Provide technical documentation including architecture diagrams, runbooks, migration playbooks, and system security plans (SSPs). • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to workforce upskilling as the organization transitions to cloud-first operations.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–8 years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, with demonstrated involvement in cloud migration or enterprise IT modernization programs. • CompTIA Security+ CE certification — required (DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II compliant). • Active cloud certification required, such as: AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), Microsoft Azure Administrator or Solutions Architect, or Google Professional Cloud Architect. • Active DoD Secret Clearance — required at time of hire. • Experience on at least one FedRAMP-authorized cloud platform (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or Google Cloud for Government). • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or equivalent). • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals: BGP, VLANs, SD-WAN, firewall policy, and hybrid cloud connectivity. • Experience with virtualization and container technologies including VMware, Kubernetes, and Docker. • Knowledge of NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, RMF, and DoD cloud security requirements. • U.S. Citizenship required. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field required. Relevant certifications and DoD cloud engineering experience may be considered in lieu of a portion of the education requirement.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and retirement. • Certification reimbursement and professional development support. • Remote work flexibility with local on-site option for Roanoke / Radford area candidates.