Cloud Software Engineer

At MTSI, you'll build and enhance enterprise catalog and metadata services that power intelligence discovery across the Air Force and Intelligence Community. Your work will modernize how analysts access, curate, search, and share mission data, enabling rapid, secure, cloudnative information flow across domains and security enclaves, directly strengthening decision advantage in contested environments. What You'll Do (DaytoDay)

• Design, develop, and deploy cloudnative microservices and backend components across multicloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Build containerized services and manage Kubernetes deployments, scaling policies, service mesh configurations, and operational observability.
• Implement and improve CI/CD automation, including build pipelines, automated testing, secret management, and secure deployment workflows.
• Integrate cloud services with enterprise authentication, monitoring, data pipelines, and eventdriven architectures.
• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies, collaborate with crossfunctional teams, and contribute to design reviews and backlog refinement.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud workloads for reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, environment configurations, and operational runbooks.

You'll Be a Great Fit If You...

• Enjoy solving complex problems and building reliable, scalable cloud platforms that support mission applications.
• Are comfortable working across the cloud stack-from microservices and APIs to containers, ingresses, and automation pipelines.
• Thrive in Agile, fastmoving environments where collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement matter.
• Care deeply about operational excellence and secure cloud engineering practices.
• Are ready to expand your technical leadership by influencing designs and mentoring junior developers.

Responsibilities (Expanded)

• Develop cloudready services and APIs using bestpractice design patterns for distributed systems.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, including deploying workloads, configuring networking and ingress, tuning autoscaling, and implementing observability tools.
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines supporting unit testing, integration testing, vulnerability scanning, artifact storage, and multienvironment deployments.
• Implement infrastructureascode using tools such as Terraform, Helm, or similar technologies.
• Integrate logging, monitoring, alerting, and tracing solutions to maintain high service availability and rapid incident response.
• Ensure security best practices across cloud deployments, including identity and access management, secrets handling, and compliance requirements.
• Participate in technical planning, architectural discussions, code reviews, and design walkthroughs; propose improvements to cloud architecture and engineering processes.
• Work closely with SREs, platform teams, mission developers, and cybersecurity teams to ensure robust, secure, enterprisealigned cloud solutions.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience, including cloudbased development.
• Handson experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with containerization (Docker) and orchestrators such as Kubernetes.
• Experience building and deploying microservices using languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, REST APIs, and distributed systems concepts.
• Ability to work effectively in Agile Scrum teams and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain any required security clearances.

Preferred/Bonus

• Experience managing production Kubernetes workloads, including logging/monitoring frameworks (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Handson infrastructureascode experience with Terraform, Helm, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of eventdriven architectures, message brokers, or cloudnative data pipelines.
• Experience working in multicloud or hybridcloud environments.
• Familiarity with zerotrust security models, cloud security practices, and enclavebased deployments.
• Prior experience in defense, intelligence, or missioncritical system environments.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Developer/Administrator, GCP Cloud Engineer, CKA/CKAD, or similar.

Security Clearance

• United States citizenship is required with the ability to obtain a secret security clearance

100% Employee Owned: We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year. * Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:

Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year * Flexible schedules * 6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually * Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December) * Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account * Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement * Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance * Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan

Track Record of Success: We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.