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Vosper Thornycroft Group

Cloud Engineer

Vosper Thornycroft Group, Herndon, Virginia, United States, 22070

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Overview VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team in Herndon, VA and/or Springfield, VA.

What will you do?

Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code principles

Architect and develop robust microservices architectures with focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability

Build and optimize data engineering pipelines for large-scale data processing and analytics workloads

Lead full-stack development initiatives using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Python frameworks

Implement advanced cloud-native solutions leveraging serverless architectures and event-driven patterns

Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architectural decisions, and engineering best practices

Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems and provide innovative solutions to business problems

Do you have what it takes?

TS/SCI with Poly required with current Customer eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts

Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed

7+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud-first development approach

5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code

3+ years building complex, reusable CDK constructs and stacks

3+ years implementing multi-environment deployment strategies using CDK

Preferred Qualifications

4+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes in government environments

Implementation of NIST 800-53 controls and FedRAMP compliance requirements

Security automation and continuous compliance monitoring

3+ years of experience with advanced data analytics and machine learning platforms

AWS SageMaker, Databricks, or similar ML/AI platforms

Model deployment and MLOps pipeline development

Database expertise across multiple platforms

Performance tuning and optimization for RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB

Data modeling for both relational and NoSQL databases

DevSecOps and security automation experience

Integration of security scanning tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx)

Secrets management and secure coding practices

System design and architecture experience

Designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity

Performance optimization and cost management strategies

Experience with monitoring and observability tools

CloudWatch, DataDog, New Relic, or Prometheus/Grafana stacks

Distributed tracing and application performance monitoring

Leadership experience in technical environments

Leading cross-functional teams and technical initiatives

Experience with agile methodologies and project delivery

Additional programming language proficiency (Go, Java, C#)

Open source contribution history and active participation in technical communities

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