Cloud Engineer

Prescient Edge is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure cloud environments in AWS and Azure, ensuring compliance with DoD cloud security frameworks and best practices.
• Configure identity and access management (IAM) solutions, enforce role-based access controls (RBAC), and manage cloud security groups and firewalls.
• Optimize cloud networking configurations, including VPC peering, VPNs, and cross-domain connectivity to ensure secure and efficient cloud operations.
• Support the development of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates to automate secure cloud deployments.
• Contribute to the Cloud Security & Performance Optimization Report, detailing cloud security configurations, resource utilization efficiencies, and compliance measures.
• Track and report Kubernetes and other workload-specific cloud resource usage by Work Order, using GovCloud-native observability tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Cost Explorer).
• Coordinate with other Work Order contractors to reconcile prepay or reservation usage against actual consumption and provide monthly reports on computer and storage allocation, tagging compliance, and projected costs.
• Advise the Government on workload placement and optimization strategies across IL2, IL4, and IL5 environments to reduce cost while maintaining performance and security compliance.
• Provision and maintain IL2, IL4, and IL5 GovCloud infrastructure using native Azure and/or AWS tools where feasible.
• Implement cloud native services for monitoring (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor), cost tracking, and compliance automation to support scalability, security, and chargeback alignment.
• Provision infrastructure in coordination IAM, Kubernetes, Data Lake, CI/CD and audit integration, and procurement and license validation.
• Provision and manage shared container environments and storage for dependent Work Orders, ensuring secure, efficient resource allocation and cross-Work Order operability.

Experience:

• Possess the knowledge and capability to design, deploy, and maintain GovCloud-based infrastructures across AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security for mission-critical applications.
• Required expertise includes cloud architecture, networking, virtualization, containerization, and security best practices, with proficiency in Infrastructure as-Code (IaC) solutions such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Personnel must have experience in hybrid and multi-cloud configurations, including Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering, identity management (IAM), and cross-domain solutions. Strong expertise in the Authority to Operate (ATO) process is required, including preparing security documentation, conducting compliance assessments, and maintaining continuous monitoring per DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP, and DoD IL-4/IL 5 security mandates.
• Personnel must also optimize cloud resources for compute, storage, and networking efficiency while ensuring full compliance with DoD governance policies.
• Personnel must have experience designing, deploying, and managing AWS and Azure cloud environments with a focus on security, automation, and scalability.
• Required expertise includes Identity and Access Management (IAM), role-based access control (RBAC), Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), and cloud networking configurations such as VPC peering, subnets, VPNs, and security groups.
• Personnel must demonstrate proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates, ensuring secure and scalable deployments. Experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO) processes is required, including preparing System Security Plans (SSP), Security Assessment Reports (SAR), and Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&M), and maintaining compliance with DoD governance frameworks and NIST requirements.
• Personnel must also collaborate with cybersecurity teams to implement security controls in accordance with FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL-4/IL-5 security mandates, while optimizing cloud resource allocation for efficiency.

Education:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or five (5) years of equivalent experience in cloud engineering.
• Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and Google Professional Cloud Architect.

Security clearance:

• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a clearance.

Location:

• Doral, Florida. (USSOUTHCOM Headquarters)