Cloud Engineer- Mid-Level

This position is to support the Department of Energy - Location: Washington, DC ( hybrid

Responsible for the deployment, provisioning, hardening, and optimization of cloud infrastructure and related cloud services. Utilizes scripting and infrastructure technologies for environment orchestration. Collaborates with cross functional teams for the deployment and ongoing support of cloud services to both internal stakeholders and clients.

• Build and deploy new cloud-based computing services at scale for clients and deliver timely and effective provisioning of new hosts.
• In depth knowledge of windows server and desktop OS with respect to creating/ troubleshooting/ administration of domain and local GPO's.
• In depth knowledge of Active directory management (Users and computer objects, AD OU management, sites and services, DNS.
• Creating/troubleshooting/ administration of GPO Policies of CIS benchmarks for office, windows 10/11, Windows server, and apps within scope of CIS benchmarks.
• Formulate detailed network, storage, and compute design specifications for stable and secure computing operations in a dynamic cloud environment.
• Management of cloud services: Identity and Access Management, Security Groups, and CSP native services.
• Utilize software engineering methodologies (e.g., Infrastructure as code, continuous integration and delivery, architecture reviews, etc.) to create and manage infrastructure in the cloud.
• Develop scripts and templates required for provisioning and configuration of resources.
• Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high-level technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements.
• Reviews operational requirements with project teams, management and client services groups for deployment and ongoing support.
• Develops documentation for best practices as it relates to server infrastructure and cloud computing operational experience.
• Serves as a liaison with clients, participating in meetings to ensure client needs are met.
• Assist with identifying and planning of potential new cloud services, features, and capabilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent relevant work experience
• CSP Associate level cloud certification/s in either AWS, Microsoft Azure, OCI, Google Cloud.
• Professional level certification a plus
• 8 years of IT experience with a combination of:
• In depth knowledge of windows server and desktop OS with respect to creating/ troubleshooting/ administration of domain and local GPO's.
• In depth knowledge of Active directory management (Users and computer objects, AD OU management, sites and services, DNS.
• Creating/troubleshooting/ administration of GPO Policies of CIS benchmarks for office, windows 10/11, Windows server, and apps within scope of CIS benchmarks.

Compensation range: (128k - $170k -based upon experience )

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