Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to streamline cutting-edge cloud and data technologies for the Air Force. The position is fully onsite in Lorton, VA.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Active Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent industry work experience)
• 8+ years of experience in systems engineering
• Candidate must acquire a CompTIA Security+ (or higher level security certification) within the first 30 days of hire.
• Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevSecOps experience (Bicep, ARM, PowerShell, CLI)
• Experience within C4 networks / operating environments and SAP networks / operating environments preferred.
• Experience in one, or more, of the following: Cloud technologies, data and AI, security, business application design and implementation.
• Ability to self-manage for maintenance of workloads and ensuring appropriate support of all systems/applications/workloads existing within the enclave (operational boundary)

• Perform the Enclave Administrator (EA) role on behalf of the Customer, including deployment and maintenance of Mission Enclave infrastructure and all application-related responsibilities on Mission Enclave environment.
• System health monitoring include Azure Solution System Health, Program Application availability, and Capacity Management.
• Operational System Management (trouble tickets) – input, re-route, field, and escalate as appropriate.
• Conduct appropriate troubleshooting and remediation activities to include coordinating with System Owners, Product Team, and Migration Team for issues and coordinating with the appropriate team and/or personnel.
• Participate in planning sessions, and technical presentations, with customer project leads and staff.
• Analyze technical requirements and develop effective solutions.
• Complete regular maintenance on all systems / applications. This includes regular patching and vulnerability remediation and addressing end of service/end of life replacements.
• Complete approved configuration updates/changes and escalate where required if high-level architectural updates are needed.
• Sets up and delegates application-related responsibilities to Customer Mission Applications Administrator (MAA) role, which we provide to our Customer and their Mission Partners so they can administer applications within their enclave.
• Work closely with Customer as shared technical lead. Enable development, analysis, and deployment to be delivered on schedule and in line with Customer requirements.