Cloud Engineer Journeyman - Secret Clearance

Summary

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions is a professional search and government solutions company. The Cloud Engineer – Journeyman designs, engineers, and integrates secure multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures for mission-critical government systems. The role focuses on Infrastructure as Code, cloud automation, security governance, networking, observability, cost optimization, disaster recovery, and DevOps support.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud architectures across major public cloud platforms to support enterprise workloads with strong emphasis on security, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates, and automation pipelines to standardize and automate cloud resource provisioning
• Engineer cloud networking constructs including virtual networks/VPCs, subnets, routing, peering, and secure connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) integrated with on‑premises enterprise networks
• Configure and manage cloud security services and controls such as IAM, security groups, key management, configuration monitoring, and threat detection to align with government security and cloud governance requirements
• Implement cloud monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, Elastic, Splunk) to provide operational visibility, detect anomalies, and support incident response activities
• Optimize cloud resource utilization through rightsizing, scaling policies, use of reserved and spot instances, and performance tuning to manage spend while meeting service level objectives
• Design and test disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for cloud workloads, including backup, replication, multi‑region architectures, and documented recovery playbooks for mission‑critical systems
• Support DevOps practices by integrating CI/CD pipelines with cloud platforms, container orchestration tools, and configuration management solutions to streamline deployments and reduce operational risk

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• Approximately 4–7 years of hands‑on experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security within enterprise or government environments, including multi‑cloud or hybrid architectures
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates and supporting automated deployment pipelines
• Demonstrated experience configuring and managing cloud networking, identity and access management, and security controls in at least one major public cloud provider
• Experience implementing and operating cloud monitoring and logging solutions and supporting incident response in production environments
• Must hold an active Secret clearance and meet applicable DoD 8140 requirements
• Must be a US Citizen
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes in production cloud environments
• Experience working in federal or other highly regulated enterprise IT environments with formal cloud governance frameworks

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• Approximately 4–7 years of hands‑on experience in cloud engineering, automation, and security within enterprise or government environments, including multi‑cloud or hybrid architectures
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates and supporting automated deployment pipelines
• Demonstrated experience configuring and managing cloud networking, identity and access management, and security controls in at least one major public cloud provider
• Experience implementing and operating cloud monitoring and logging solutions and supporting incident response in production environments
• Must hold an active Secret clearance and meet applicable DoD 8140 requirements
• Must be a US Citizen

Nice to Haves

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate certification
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes in production cloud environments
• Experience working in federal or other highly regulated enterprise IT environments with formal cloud governance frameworks

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• Active Secret Security Clearance Required
• Must meet applicable DoD 8140 requirements