Cloud Engineer (Mid-Level)- USC

Role: Cloud Engineer (Mid-Level)

Location: Remote

Clearance: Public Trust or Higher levels

Responsibilities:

• Work in an Agile environment as part of a full design and development team, participating in scrum ceremonies and supporting our customers.
• Support the development team in deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting web applications.
• Build, design, deploy, and monitor new CI/CD workflows and enhance existing ones.
• Plan, develop, and deploy infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Use Ansible for configuration management, server maintenance, and change tracking.
• Ensure compliance with security requirements by implementing and managing cloud security controls and policies.
• Collaborate with application teams on migration efforts.
• Respond to incidents, handle alerts, and resolve production issues.
• Analyze and troubleshoot performance and reliability issues in development and production environments.
• Maintain thorough documentation of processes, configurations, and system changes.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across infrastructure and applications.

Qualifications:

• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience planning, building, and supporting AWS Cloud and DevSecOps environments.
• Education: Bachelor s degree in an IT-related field required.
• Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
• Proven experience designing, building, and deploying solutions in AWS Cloud Services (EKS, EC2, Lambda).
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD frameworks and container orchestration using Kubernetes, Harness, Docker, and Jenkins.
• Solid DevSecOps background automation, security integration, testing, and deployment across development stages.
• Experience with AWS Kinesis for data stream management and performance monitoring.
• Familiarity with Harness (desired).
• Proficient in application and system monitoring tools such as CloudWatch and/or Splunk.
• Experience with Cloud Bees, GitHub Actions, and/or GitLab for version control and workflow automation.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles such as secure-by-design and zero-trust architecture.
• Experience using SonarQube for code quality and vulnerability analysis.
• Familiarity with Nexus IQ and/or Check Marx for vulnerability management (preferred).
• Experience with Prisma Cloud / Prisma Twist lock for vulnerability management (preferred).
• Hands-on experience conducting vulnerability scans.
• Strong background in Linux and scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience setting up and configuring monitoring tools such as Nagios, ELK, Grafana, and/or Prometheus (preferred).
• Experience working within Agile teams and applying DevOps principles for collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of security best practices and how to apply them in CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.