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Zachary Piper Solutions

Cloud Engineer - Tier III

Zachary Piper Solutions, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022

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Zachary Piper Solutions Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. This position requires an Active Top Secret Clearance or a DOE Q clearance for consideration*

This position requires an Active Top Secret Clearance or a DOE Q clearance for consideration*

Zachary Piper Solutions is in need of a

Cloud Engineer - Tier 3 . This position is in support of a contract with the Department of Energy and will be a full time on-site role in

Washington, DC.

The Cloud Engineer - Tier 3, will optimize the cloud infrastructure to boost performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency, while refining the organization's cloud systems, streamlining operations, and ensuring that cloud services effectively drive business growth and innovation. This engineer is expected to be technically proficient and play a crucial role in improving cloud infrastructure, automating processes, and ensuring the overall health and security of cloud systems. Success will be measured by a combination of performance metrics, technical expertise, collaboration, leadership, and their ability to solve complex issues and innovate for business growth.

MTTR (Mean Time to Recovery): Time taken to recover from outages or incidents. MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): Time between failures for the systems they manage. Cost Savings: Cloud cost optimizations implemented and realized savings. Automation Efficiency: Reduction in manual tasks due to automation. Customer Satisfaction Scores: Feedback from internal or external stakeholders. Security Posture: Number of security vulnerabilities identified and mitigated. Operational Uptime: Service uptime and reliability metrics. Incident Handling: Success rate in resolving complex incidents or escalations.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Research, design, develop, test, debug and evaluate systems/applications that support cloud implementation and integrate with cloud service providers, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. Monitor system performance and availability; Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues. Gather customer, user, and product owner requirements working together with application architects and product owners. Plan and conduct technical tasks associated with the implementation and maintenance of internal cloud enterprise shared virtualization infrastructure. Create functional design specifications, architectures, and render support with other cloud project deliverables. Develop and execute cloud solution roadmaps as they relate to business and execute company strategy to drive the achievement of business objectives. Work collaboratively with security specialists to support the accreditation of the new architecture and application.

Requirements:

BS or equivalent experience + 8 yrs experience as a Cloud Engineer Active Top Secret clearance or DOE Q clearance

Compensation Includes:

$160,000 - $180,000+ *depending on experience* Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Holidays, PTO, etc

This posting opens on 7/29/25 for applicants and will remain open for at least 30 days

Keywords: cloud, cloud services, docker, containerization, container, jenkins, Kubernetes, azure, JIRA, DevOps, Cloud Engineer, Top secret clearance, TS/SCI, security clearance, Lorton, Virginia, Fredericksburg, Cloud Architect, CI/CD pipelines, Continuous Integration, application, deployment, infrastructure as code, IaC, microsoft, AWS, amazon web services, S3, Lambda, git, washington DC, maryland, DoE, department of energy

Seniority level

Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type

Employment type Full-time Job function

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