Cloud Engineer

Two Six Technologies
Herndon, VA, United States
15 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$153,650.0 - $230,476.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Github Identity and Access Management Integrated Development Environments Python (Programming Language) Ansible Computer Networking Systems
+10 more
Cloud Platform System Cloudformation Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Deployment Automation Terraform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Docker

Job description

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Within the intelligence portfolio at Two Six Technologies, our program engineers a cloud suite of applications and services empowering the Intelligence Community to share vital information, at speed, without compromising control. If you want to build the systems that protect highly sensitive data while ensuring it gets to those who need it most, your next mission starts here.

We’re seeking an impact player to support our high-visibility mission-critical project bridging the gap between data accessibility and national security by solving complex, ‘no-fail’ problems.

Two Six is looking for a highly skilled Cloud Engineer with hands-on experience in Terraform to design, implement, and manage infrastructure across our cloud environments. This role is critical in automating our infrastructure provisioning and ensuring scalability, reliability, and security across our systems.

What you will do:

  • Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  • Migrate existing CloudFormation code to Terraform
  • Develop reusable Terraform modules and maintain version-controlled infrastructure
  • Work with DevOps, Security, and Engineering teams to implement CI/CD and deployment strategies

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
  • 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or DevOps
  • Strong proficiency with Terraform (writing modules, managing state, workspaces, etc.)
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud provider
  • Experience with DevOps tools and utilities to include Github, Ansible & CDK
  • Ability to work effectively in a Linux-based development environment
  • Familiarity with containers and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Strong knowledge of networking, security, and IAM in the cloud
  • Proficient in at least one scripting language

Nice to haves:

  • Terraform SME
  • Hands-on experience with multiple cloud providers such as [AWS, Azure, OCI, or GCP]
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools
  • Hands on experience with python
  • Knowledge of containerization

Security Clearance:

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Benefits & conditions

Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to, medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance and professional development.

The projected salary range listed for this position is annualized. This is a general guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Salary Range

$153,650 - $230,476 USD

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