Cloud Engineer SME

Ignite IT, LLC
Suitland, Maryland 20746 United States  View Map
Posted: Jun 09, 2026
  • Full Time
  • Federal Government
  • Summary

    We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing and implementing solutions for migrating and sustaining large data discovery and analytics applications to the cloud using cloud-native technologies. This role will focus on customer engagement to deeply understand their applications and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure successful deployments.Key ResponsibilitiesConduct cloud readiness assessments and create migration plans to facilitate smooth transitions to AWS.Design and architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS, utilizing cloud-native technologies.Engage with customers to gather requirements, understand their application architecture, and provide tailored cloud migration strategies.Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure the seamless deployment of applications and services.Configure and implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployment in the AWS environmentProvide guidance on best practices for cloud application design, deployment, and optimization including through use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).Provide expertise and support for migrations from on-premises computing infrastructure to AWS cloud ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and high availability.Provide architectural guidance to development teams on operational issues involving database design and implementation.Provide SME recommendations for big data storing solutions, installations, and configurations while ensuring scaling needs.Support database analysis, architecture, design, development, administration and capacity/storage, implementation, and operations of multi-terabytes scalable enterprise end-to-end backend database systems.Experience modernizing and operating cloud computing environments supporting applications that leverage J2EE, Tomcat, Oracle RAC, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and high availability.Provide expertise and support to architect cloud-native Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes utilizing AWS Step Functions, Lamda, and Eventbrite for improved automation and maintainability.Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to continually enhance our service offerings.Lead and mentor team members in implementing cloud solutions, ensuring adherence to architectural standards.Review security scans, accessibility audits, and performance testing to ensure full compliance with cybersecurity requirements; and, review results and provide mitigation or improvement plans where necessary and support the implementation of remediation activities to resolve and identified issues.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a strong focus on AWS services.US Citizen; Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.Proven experience in designing and implementing cloud-native applications.Strong understanding of application migration strategies and tools.Excellent knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, etc.) and best practices.Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.Strong skills leveraging IaC developing automated deployment and orchestrations solutions using TerraForm, CloudFormation, and other scripting tools.Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with customers and teams.AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) is highly preferred.Experience with large data search and discovery applications (e.g., OpenSearch) highly preferred.Experience supporting federal government organizations and missions is highly preferred.Ability to be onsite in Suitland Maryland 2-5 days a weekBenefits401(k)401(k) matchingDental insuranceFlexible spending accountHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offProfessional development assistanceReferral programTuition reimbursementVision insurance#J-18808-Ljbffr

  • Job Description

    We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing and implementing solutions for migrating and sustaining large data discovery and analytics applications to the cloud using cloud-native technologies. This role will focus on customer engagement to deeply understand their applications and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure successful deployments.Key ResponsibilitiesConduct cloud readiness assessments and create migration plans to facilitate smooth transitions to AWS.Design and architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS, utilizing cloud-native technologies.Engage with customers to gather requirements, understand their application architecture, and provide tailored cloud migration strategies.Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure the seamless deployment of applications and services.Configure and implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployment in the AWS environmentProvide guidance on best practices for cloud application design, deployment, and optimization including through use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).Provide expertise and support for migrations from on-premises computing infrastructure to AWS cloud ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and high availability.Provide architectural guidance to development teams on operational issues involving database design and implementation.Provide SME recommendations for big data storing solutions, installations, and configurations while ensuring scaling needs.Support database analysis, architecture, design, development, administration and capacity/storage, implementation, and operations of multi-terabytes scalable enterprise end-to-end backend database systems.Experience modernizing and operating cloud computing environments supporting applications that leverage J2EE, Tomcat, Oracle RAC, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and high availability.Provide expertise and support to architect cloud-native Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes utilizing AWS Step Functions, Lamda, and Eventbrite for improved automation and maintainability.Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to continually enhance our service offerings.Lead and mentor team members in implementing cloud solutions, ensuring adherence to architectural standards.Review security scans, accessibility audits, and performance testing to ensure full compliance with cybersecurity requirements; and, review results and provide mitigation or improvement plans where necessary and support the implementation of remediation activities to resolve and identified issues.QualificationsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a strong focus on AWS services.US Citizen; Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.Proven experience in designing and implementing cloud-native applications.Strong understanding of application migration strategies and tools.Excellent knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, etc.) and best practices.Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.Strong skills leveraging IaC developing automated deployment and orchestrations solutions using TerraForm, CloudFormation, and other scripting tools.Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with customers and teams.AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) is highly preferred.Experience with large data search and discovery applications (e.g., OpenSearch) highly preferred.Experience supporting federal government organizations and missions is highly preferred.Ability to be onsite in Suitland Maryland 2-5 days a weekBenefits401(k)401(k) matchingDental insuranceFlexible spending accountHealth insuranceLife insurancePaid time offProfessional development assistanceReferral programTuition reimbursementVision insurance#J-18808-Ljbffr

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