Cloud Engineer, Senior

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence is seeking a Cloud Architect to join our Cloud Managed Services Practice. This position will provide an opportunity to work with an experienced team of Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Cybersecurity professionals. The candidate will have the opportunity to grow their career in the Cloud space by honing their cloud knowledge and skillset. This position is based in Credence’s corporate headquarters located in McLean, VA.  

• Collaborate with a large team of Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Cybersecurity Professionals to migrate, manage, and modernize workloads in the cloud-servicing DoD customers. 
• Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and design and implement solutions.  
• Assist team to solve complex technical problems and build automations to eliminate mundane tasks.   
• Research and learn the latest available technologies to continuously find more efficient solutions to common problems.  
• Document any developed processes and procedures.  

• Must be clearable for DoD Public Trust or higher  
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field 
• A minimum of seven (7) years related technical work experience  
• Ability to work and produce results in an agile and fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines  
• Familiarity with basic cloud concepts (EC2/VM, service-based databases, Infrastructure as code,  Virtual Networking, etc.)  
• Proficiency/Familiarity with Python  
• Familiarity with JSON or YAML object writing  
• Understanding of orchestration tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Ansible, or AWS SSM preferred)  
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Familiarity with containerization in the cloud (EKS, ECS, Fargate) 
• Familiarity with common protocols including but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, HTTP(s), SFTP, SCP   
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure, Private Clouds etc.)   
• Familiarity with Active Directory and/or other LDAP based solutions.  
  

Nice to Have:   

• Familiarity with Sys Admin scripting languages (Shell, PowerShell, JavaScript)  
• AWS Associate, Specialty, or Pro Level Certification  
• CompTIA Security+ Certification 
• Experience automating tasks in a cloud or on premise environment  
• Experience with migrating workloads to the cloud  

Please join us, as together we build a better world one mission at a time powered by Technology and its People!

This position is located on-site at Credence corporate HQ in McLean, VA.

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