About the role

What will you do at BlueWater Federal Solutions?

Overview

Bluewater Federal is looking for a Cloud Engineer to support the USAF at Maxwell AFB.

The Base Maintenance (BMx) Family of Systems program provides critical lifecycle support for enterprise U.S. Air Force logistics and maintenance systems that enable global mission readiness and sustainment operations.

Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and sustain cloud-hosted environments.
Implement infrastructure-as-code solutions and automation.
Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
Monitor cloud performance, security, and resource utilization.
Manage cloud networking, container, and platform services.
Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and operational issues.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree.
5+ years of cloud engineering experience-supporting IL5/IL6 cloud environments preferred.
Must have an active Secret clearance.
Experience with AWS GovCloud, Azure Cloud One, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform/CloudFormation/ARM, Cloud monitoring, Networking, Containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift
AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator/Architect and Security+ certs are preferred
BlueWater Federal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. BlueWater Federal is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.

Which skills does this role require?

Cloud EngineeringARM TemplatesCloud NetworkingContainerizationCloud EngineerUSAFIL5IL6Azure ArchitectSecurity+Cloud MigrationCloud Modernization

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