Cloud Engineer

LMI is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support our LIGER platform to meet specific customer needs. This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance, for which you must be a U.S. citizen.

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.  

Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors—helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.  

• Responsible for evaluating cloud-based technical solutions/designs in accordance with client requirements.
• Provide expertise to monitor the designing and engineering of infrastructure and applications to the cloud.
• Responsible for client’s overall cloud experience, including being the engineering point-of-contact for resolving reported performance or delivery issues.
• Responsible for ensuring that all vendor cloud solutions comply with industry and Government-mandated security protocols, controls, and best-practices.
• Work closely with Cybersecurity resources to document controls, support accreditation, Interim Authorization to Test (IATT) and Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation and provide metrics to comply with audits.
• Responsible for escalating issues, problems, risks, and constraints to the appropriate levels for clarification and resolution.
• Administer and monitor IL4/IL5/IL6 cloud accounts and performance levels.
• Build parent and child accounts or organizations within an IL4/IL5/IL6 environment.
• Maintain a working knowledge of AWS products and capabilities.
• Perform unsupervised, hands-on work in gov-cloud environments.
• Work independently within team environments to set up and maintain cloud architectures.
• Manage multiple and competing customer priorities with little supervision.
• Develop High Availability and Disaster Recovery processes in accordance with government and industry guidelines.
• Help establish DevSecOps Pipelines within the Gov-Cloud Framework.
• Design and deploy solutions within Google Cloud Platform environments, including project/org structure, IAM, and networking.
• Build and manage containerized workloads using GKE or Cloud Run.
• Support data pipelines leveraging BigQuery, Pub/Sub, or Dataflow.

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, or related technical discipline.Hands-on experience with GCP (preferred) or AWS/Azure
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Certification in one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with maintaining hybrid cloud solutions.
• Experience using GitLab for CI/CD and automated deployments.
• Strong familiarity using Linux toolsets to support and analyze network related topics and issues.
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect certification or equivalent (preferred).
• Previous government technology experience.
• Demonstrated experience with US Army technology, systems, and command & control policies and procedures.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and working with Agile teams.
• Experience designing and deploying solutions in GCP environments (preferred).
• Familiarity with GCP services such as GKE, Cloud Run, BigQuery, IAM.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance, for which you must be a U.S. citizen.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, or related technical discipline
• Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• Experience working in IL6 or equivalent secure environments.
• Experience with security requirements in a federal IT environment, including FedRAMP-certified providers and FISMA requirements for acquiring an ATO.
• Agile certifications
• Experience with Cross-Domain Solutions (IL4 to IL6)
• Experience with GCP in regulated or government environments
• Multi-cloud architecture experience (AWS + GCP)

Target salary range: $122,210 - $200,000

Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.