Senior Cloud Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical lead for a mission-focused, cloud-native, event-driven platform supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. This role partners with the Solution Architect and cross-functional delivery teams to implement a Kafka/MSK-based event bus, RPC-driven core services, resilient microservices, and real-time WebSocket user experiences. The Senior Cloud Engineer guides design decisions, mentors engineers, and ensures implementation aligns with DevSecOps, security, reliability, and VA enterprise standards., · Lead the design and implementation of AWS cloud-native microservices supporting RPC-based appointment, scheduling, and workflow capabilities.

· Develop and maintain Kafka/MSK producers and consumers and guide engineering teams in reliable event-processing practices.

· Define event-routing and integration patterns, including topic segmentation, schema versioning, replay, idempotency, ordering, retry, backpressure, and dead-letter handling.

· Design and implement secure WebSocket-based streaming services that enable responsive, real-time user experiences.

· Establish resiliency patterns for high availability, fault isolation, recovery, automated rollback, and production readiness.

· Lead technical integration with external healthcare, Federal, and VA enterprise systems through APIs, events, and workflow interfaces.

· Advance CI/CD and infrastructure automation using Terraform, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Packer, automated testing, and secure deployment practices.

· Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS-native services with an emphasis on scalability and operational simplicity.

· Implement observability capabilities using Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana, AWS monitoring services, and actionable service health metrics.

· Apply secure-by-design patterns using Vault, IAM, encryption, secrets management, least privilege, and Zero Trust principles.

· Lead design reviews, code reviews, technical troubleshooting, and architecture decision documentation for complex platform capabilities.

· Mentor engineers and establish consistent engineering standards for cloud development, event-driven systems, testing, documentation, and operational support.

· Identify performance bottlenecks, integration risks, reliability gaps, and cost drivers and implement practical improvements.

· Support Agile planning, sprint execution, technical demonstrations, and coordination with product, architecture, security, and operations stakeholders.

· 6-8 years or more of experience in cloud engineering, software engineering, platform engineering, or related roles within enterprise environments.

· Strong hands-on experience designing and operating secure, scalable solutions using AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns.

· Hands-on experience with Kafka or AWS MSK, including producer/consumer design, topic architecture, event schemas, replay, and production support.

· Demonstrated experience designing event-driven architectures, distributed microservices, asynchronous workflows, and resilient integration patterns.

· Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and production deployment strategies.

· Experience implementing real-time streaming, WebSocket-based, or event-notification capabilities.

· Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices, secure software delivery, IAM, secrets management, encryption, and Zero Trust concepts.

· Experience implementing logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and performance diagnostics for distributed systems.

· Ability to lead complex technical efforts, make sound design decisions, troubleshoot production issues, and mentor engineering team members.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to architects, engineers, delivery leaders, and customer stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS DESIRED:

· Experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs, another Federal agency, or a regulated enterprise environment with formal compliance standards.

· Experience with Appian or integration between low-code workflow platforms and cloud-native services, APIs, or event buses.

· Advanced experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana, CloudWatch, or comparable observability technologies.

· Understanding of healthcare interoperability, appointment scheduling, case management, or other mission-critical workflow systems.

· Relevant AWS, Kubernetes, or HashiCorp Terraform certification is preferred, but not required.

EDUCATION:

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

CLEARANCE:

· Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

At Technatomy, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We provide solutions to agencies and entities including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, National Institute of Health, and more. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.