Cloud Software Engineer

What You'll Do (Day-to-Day)

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native microservices and backend components across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Build containerized services and manage Kubernetes deployments, scaling policies, service mesh configurations, and operational observability.
• Implement and improve CI/CD automation, including build pipelines, automated testing, secret management, and secure deployment workflows.
• Integrate cloud services with enterprise authentication, monitoring, data pipelines, and event-driven architectures.
• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to design reviews and backlog refinement.
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud workloads for reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, environment configurations, and operational runbooks.

Responsibilities (Expanded)

• Develop cloud-ready services and APIs using best-practice design patterns for distributed systems.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters, including deploying workloads, configuring networking and ingress, tuning autoscaling, and implementing observability tools.
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines supporting unit testing, integration testing, vulnerability scanning, artifact storage, and multi-environment deployments.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, Helm, or similar technologies.
• Integrate logging, monitoring, alerting, and tracing solutions to maintain high service availability and rapid incident response.
• Ensure security best practices across cloud deployments, including identity and access management, secrets handling, and compliance requirements.
• Participate in technical planning, architectural discussions, code reviews, and design walkthroughs; propose improvements to cloud architecture and engineering processes.
• Work closely with SREs, platform teams, mission developers, and cybersecurity teams to ensure robust, secure, enterprise-aligned cloud solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience, including cloud-based development.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency with containerization (Docker) and orchestrators such as Kubernetes.
• Experience building and deploying microservices using languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, REST APIs, and distributed systems concepts.
• Ability to work effectively in Agile Scrum teams and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain any required security clearances.

Preferred/Bonus

• Experience managing production Kubernetes workloads, including logging/monitoring frameworks (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Hands-on infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, Helm, or similar tools.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures, message brokers, or cloud-native data pipelines.
• Experience working in multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with zero-trust security models, cloud security practices, and enclave-based deployments.
• Prior experience in defense, intelligence, or mission-critical system environments.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Developer/Administrator, GCP Cloud Engineer, CKA/CKAD, or similar.