Pre-Sales Cloud Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Pre-Sales Cloud Engineer to advise multiple customers on new Cloud solutions and help develop/architect migration solutions for the customer. This position will be hybrid in nature but will require meeting with customer in both Herndon, VA and at Fort Meade, MD .

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates provided documentation and make recommendations to the government on acceptability of technical artifacts.
• Tracks and reports commercial parity exceptions on a monthly basis to support the customer.
• Evaluates change/release notifications from CSPs and advise the government on the operational impact of those changes.
• Provides direction on designing cloud infrastructure capable of supporting applications in the cloud with an emphasis on scalability, automation, performance and availability.
• Advises user community on CSO adoption based on specific DoD use cases.
• Interacts with CSPs on a weekly basis to discuss cloud adoption pipeline.
• Engages with CSPs on routine questions regarding DoD configuration, policy, and controls.
• Facilitates and attends multi-cloud technical exchange meetings.
• Develops and tracks DoD CSO demand tracking list for IC working groups.
• Works with Cyber PMO to ensure engineered solutions meet cyber compliance.
• Works with DISA directorates to facilitate the following:
• Circuit connections at multiple classifications, Cloud Access Point (CAP) onboarding, and Technical discussions for authorization (DoD PA).
• Assists in the systems test of tactical edge devices.
• Provides expertise on cloud implementations and research emerging trends and technologies related to cloud engineering. Implements prescribed solutions for various deployment models (Private, Public, Community and Hybrid) and delivery models including Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a service, and Software as a Service.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 8 years of alike experience
• Active Top Secret clearance
• Certification at the IAT II is required, this can consist of: CCNA-Security, CYSA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP
• Advanced understanding of distributed systems via on prem, cloud native or hybrid computing .
• Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards, capacity and performance management and tuning, and storage and network management.
• Good understanding of infrastructure: AD, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, routing, switching, etc.
• Experience in building applications using languages.
• Experience in database systems.
• Experience in working with microservices and containerization, including virtualization, orchestration, cluster management, and container storage.
• Experience with scripting languages.

Compensation:

• $140,000 - $160,000+ *depending on years of experience*
• Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K, Holidays, Sick Leave if required by Law

This job opens for applications on 11/20/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date

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