Cloud Engineer

About the role

Who we are.

Platinum Technologies is a Northern Virginia based integrated solutions firm that specializes in PaaS, Cybersecurity & AI Platform development for the Defense and Federal Sectors. Our team solves hard problems and helps our Mission Partners achieve their goals. If you are self-motivated, possess demonstrated learning agility, and are passionate about delivering high-quality work products – we want to hear from you.

We lead with technical expertise, but that is just the tip of the iceberg – the ‘Why’ matters. At Platinum, we don’t hire people to just do a job. We provide professional and leadership development to complement our self-motivated domain experts. Our teammates are dot-connecting leaders that operate in a mutually accountable environment to deliver thought leadership, expert technical analysis, and quality execution for our clients.

You.

Platinum Technologies currently has an opportunity for a Cloud Engineer

This role is located at Fort Meade, M.D. Candidate must hold an active Secret clearance.

What you get to do.

- Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud-based infrastructure solutions across AWS and Azure environments

- Deploy and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using automation and orchestration tools

- Support enterprise cloud modernization initiatives, including migration of on-premises services and workloads to cloud environments

- Troubleshoot and resolve complex Tier 3 cloud infrastructure, networking, identity, and application issues

- Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and architecture teams to ensure cloud solutions align with enterprise standards and mission requirements

- Contribute to cloud architecture design efforts supporting scalable, resilient, and highly available environments

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows

- Enforce cloud security best practices and compliance requirements, including alignment with DoD and Federal cybersecurity frameworks

- Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, optimization, and cost efficiency improvements

- Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and engineering standards

- Support continuous service improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and user experience across the DES environment

- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and operations personnel as needed

Required Skills.

- Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree

- Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+, CISSP, or equivalent)

- Active Secret Clearance

- Industry cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator Associate, or equivalent