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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Engineer - **Company:** NIGHTWING LLC - **Location:** Virginia Beach, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Systems Analysis, Network Configuration and Change Management, OpenShift, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Cloud Services, Ansible, Software Engineering, Virtual Machines, VMware Virtualization, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Multi-Cloud, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Puppet, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** July 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9014105/cloud-engineer ## About the Role * Microsoft Certified Expert in the Azure product line OR * AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Above OR * Google Associate Cloud Engineer or Above OR * Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer Expert OR * Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Experience Requirements: * 3-5 years of hands-on experience on the leading cloud platforms (such as Azure, Amazon, Google) developing/implementing service models (ex. laaS, PaaS, or SaaS) * Designing and implementing lac solutions using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible. * Familiarity with Container Platforms such as Docker, OpenShift and other emerging technologies * Familiarity with Infrastructure and Platform Automation Technologies and Tools such as Puppet, Ansible, AWS, Azure, GCP based technologies. * Experience in building and operating financial control and analysis systems (cloud cost analysis, showback, and chargeback) * Experience understanding how cloud resources are tagged * Experience providing suggestions about cost optimizations * Mentors and coaches colleagues and seeks opportunities for continuous improvement * Comfortable working in cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams * Ability to work independently and as part of a team * Ability to create and maintain a project plan in a multi-cloud environment * Good understanding of software development and integration at the SaaS and laaS levels * Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles * Experience with integration of data from multiple data sources * Guide technical staff in resolving technical architecture and design issues. * Demonstrated thought leadership in platform services and cloud computing and become a trusted advisor to decision-makers. * Demonstrated well-balanced approach to addressing complex infrastructure concepts * Maintain awareness of and Evaluate emerging cloud capabilities, technologies, and tools, develop technical domain roadmaps pertinent to public cloud technologies and capabilities Clearance Requirements: * US Citizenship * Must have at least a current active SECRET clearance Additional desired (Not Required) certifications, skills, experience, and/or knowledge: * Networking experience * Experience with container technologies (ex. Docker) * Experience with Kubernetes or a Kubernetes platform * VMware virtualization experience * Understanding of DISA STIGs or CIS frameworks ## Description This role will provide technical support on major tasks or technology assignments, support for multi-cloud environments, infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques including application migrations to cloud platforms and implement scalable and reliable cloud based, multi-tenant, multi-Cloud Service Provider solutions examples are Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure (this list is not all-inclusive). These platforms will support both traditional and containerized instances, * Building cloud instances based off of system and mission requirements * Develop laC methodology to define and implement on-prem and cloud infrastructure components such as physical hardware, virtual machines, storage, core roles, and network configurations. * Utilize laC tools like Terraform, Ansible, and AWX to provision and manage infrastructure across multiple platforms (on-prem or cloud). * Implement standardized configurations, best practices, and automation for infrastructure deployments, ensuring scalability, security, and consistency * Integrate lac code with CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning, updates, and maintenance during development and deployment cycles. * Ensure seamless and consistent infrastructure management across various environments (dev, test, production). * Collaborate with the development team to facilitate smooth infrastructure provisioning as part of the development lifecycle. * Research, design, install, configure, and deploy platform products in high availability infrastructure to support all products and applications. * Responsible for delivering cloud solutions, both laaS and PaaS, that enables the business to run sensitive workloads within a cloud environment securely. * Create and install cloud computing solutions in accordance with user requirements * Automate cloud system operations to enhance efficiency and speed * Developing, establishing and implementing modular cloud-based applications * Resolving technical issues and documenting them * Creating strategies for enhancing the performance of existing cloud technology * Maintaining applications and infrastructure for cloud-based platforms * Training IT team members to use different cloud computing technologies * Creating instructions for cloud computing operations and their documentation * Maintaining, updating, and refining documentation * Designing, developing and deploying modular cloud-based systems * Research, design, install, configure, and deploy platform products in high availability infrastructure to support all products and applications. 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