Cloud Engineer

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support USSOUTHCOM J26 ENHANCED DOMAIN AWARENESS task order. The role involves designing, deploying, and maintaining GovCloud-based infrastructures across AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security for mission-critical applications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain GovCloud-based infrastructures across AWS and Azure.
• Ensure high availability, scalability, and security for mission-critical applications.
• Implement cloud architecture, networking, virtualization, containerization, and security best practices.
• Use Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Manage hybrid and multi-cloud configurations including Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering, identity management (IAM), and cross-domain solutions.
• Support the Authority to Operate (ATO) process 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.
• Optimize cloud resources for compute, storage, and networking efficiency while ensuring compliance with DoD governance policies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, OR a minimum of 5 years' experience in cloud engineering.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing AWS and Azure cloud environments with a focus on security, automation, and scalability.
• Expertise in 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.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates.
• Experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO) processes including preparing System Security Plans (SSP), Security Assessment Reports (SAR), and Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&M).
• Ability to maintain compliance with DoD governance frameworks and NIST requirements.
• Collaboration with cybersecurity teams to implement security controls in accordance with FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL-4/IL-5 security mandates.
• Skill in optimizing cloud resource allocation for efficiency.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Google Professional Cloud Architect.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• OR 5 years cloud engineering experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• No Security Clearance Required

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).

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