Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Job Description

Job Title/Level

Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Location

Hybrid

Salary

$165,000 - $180,000 annually

Schedule

Full Time

Preferred Clearance

Able to obtain Public Trust & US Citizenship

Covid Vaccination

As a condition of employment, employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination.

Company Overview

WhirlWind is on a mission to help each client succeed by using our management consulting and technology expertise. We design, build, and manage secure environments that support data-driven decision making and data-powered products. Our services transform governments and enhance the lives of citizens.

Our people are driven and committed to our mission. If you want to join a team of rock stars who do incredible, purposeful work, and have fun doing it, come thrive with us and be one of the heroes behind our success. We offer an attractive benefits package including a competitive base salary.

Position Overview

WhirlWind Technologies, LLC is seeking an experienced Sr. Cloud Systems Engineer who shall provide design, development, configuration, security, system analysis, and operational support for enterprise applications and related system development.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Duties include but are not limited to:

Designs and implements enterprise infrastructure and platforms required for cloud computing.

Analyzes system requirements and ensures that systems will be securely integrated with current applications.

Has a deep understanding of system development in cloud environments, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

Design and provision AWS Core Services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch

Design and provision Azure Core Services: Azure VMs, Azure Storage, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Virtual Networks, Azure Monitor, Azure AD

Reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

Work is generally independent and collaborative in nature.

Key Technical Skills

IAC: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates, Ansible, Pulmi, or Chef/Puppet

Provisioning & Automation: Scripting with Bash, PowerShell, or Python; CI/CD pipeline tools (e.g., Github/Gitlab Actions, Azure DevOps, CodePipeline); Configuration of auto-scaling, load balancers, and disaster recovery

Security & Compliance: IAM/Role-based access control (RBAD) in both AWS and Azure

Network Security: NSGs, Security Groups, Firewalls, Private Endpoints

Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST, and SOC2

Networking & System Integration: VPC/VNet design and management; VPN, ExpressRoute, AWS Direct Connect, DNS, DHCP, routing, and IP management in multi-cloud environments

Monitoring & Logging: AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Application Insights, ELK Stack, Splunk, Log Analytics, Alerting, dashboards, and health check for infrastructure reliability

Strong documentation practices using Confluence, Markdown, or Architecture Diagrams

Experience working in Agile/Scrum or DevOps environments

Ability to collaborate across engineering, security, and operations teams

Strong troubleshooting and incident response mindset

Education

Minimum BS/BA degree in related field (or equivalent certification, or years of experience)

At least one or more current certifications from the list below:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

Microsoft Certified: Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert

Requirements

Minimum 4 years of Cloud proficiency experience

Modernization efforts through Cloud integration

Configure and manage CI/CD DevOps Pipelines

Serves as the technical lead on special projects

Collaborates with other OCIO teams

Full-time