About the job
Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Work Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington, DC
Clearance: Active Secret Clearance
Salary: $100,000 - $145,000
Summary
Join our mission-focused team as a Cloud Engineer where you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, securing, and maintaining cloud platforms and mission applications across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and authorized DoD/FedRAMP environments. Collaborating closely with cybersecurity experts, application teams, and various stakeholders, you will help deliver resilient, compliant, and cost-effective cloud solutions that enhance maritime safety, security, and stewardship.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement secure, scalable landing zones, VNET/VPC architectures, and networking in alignment with Zero Trust and government policies.
- Utilize Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Bicep along with configuration management tools like Ansible to automate deployments.
- Develop reusable modules and CI/CD pipelines in GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps for streamlined provisioning and blue/green deployments.
- Engineer controls to meet FedRAMP, FISMA, and NIST SP 800-53 compliance standards.
- Establish and manage container and serverless platforms including EKS/AKS, ECS, Lambda, and Azure Functions as well as PaaS services.
- Implement observability measures using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry, or Synthetics for enhanced operational visibility.
- Contribute to cloud governance standards, landing zone patterns, and best practices catalog.
- Collaborate with developers and mission owners for system migrations and modernizations (rehost/refactor/replatform).
- Provide Tier I and Tier II Helpdesk Support to end users via various channels.
- Support user account management including Active Directory, permissions, and group policies.
Requirements
- Valid Active Secret clearance at the time of application.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or a related field.
- 3-7+ years of practical experience in cloud engineering or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) focused on AWS and/or Azure in federal or enterprise settings.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Solid understanding of networking principles (TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, routing, VPNs) and operating systems (Linux/Windows).

