Cloud Architect / Engineer (Washington)

Cloud Architect / Engineer

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Architect / Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operation of secure, scalable cloud solutions. This role involves configuring and optimizing cloud tools and services to align with business objectives, policy requirements, and security risk tolerances. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with business and security analysts to document how required security controls are implemented, and will manage cloud tools throughout their lifecycle, including during the transition to operational support.

Responsibilities include :

• Provide systems maintenance and administration services for applications, infrastructure, and environments.
• Provide help desk support for application end-users; create and configure user accounts.
• Develop and refine technical and end-user documentation as needed.
• Determine customer business requirements and applicable regulations, security policies, and standards that provide the foundation for design.
• Engineer and design solutions on clouds such as MS Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Apps, and ServiceNow that manage risk and meet relevant security regulations, controls, and policies.
• Determine how to leverage services from cloud providers and identify gaps that must be met through other tools, software, or third-party services.
• Implement tools / services ranging from OS hardening, ACL / NACL flow control, web application firewalls, SIEM (e.g., Splunk), intrusion detection, and vulnerability management.
• Implement the architecture design : installing, configuring, and testing cloud services and associated third-party services and software.
• Participate in the assessment of system security controls to validate control implementation and identify weaknesses.
• Use tools such as discovery, vulnerability assessment, and policy audit tools to evaluate systems for vulnerabilities. Review results and implement fixes or risk mitigation.
• Identify new and innovative ways to use existing toolsets to automate security management, monitoring, and related processes to reduce risk and costs.
• Other related duties (migration of application to other environments, participation in daily stand-ups, etc.) as assigned.

Required qualifications include :

Experience with one or more of : MS Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or ServiceNow.

Experience deploying and operating tools such as : Tenable Nessus, Splunk, OSSEC, AWS services, and Barracuda NextGen firewalls.

Masters degree in information systems, cybersecurity, or related fields.

Experience with FISMA, FedRAMP, and NIST SP 800-53.

Company Overview

Agil3 Technology Solutions LLC (A3T) is a Northern Virginia based, ISO 9001 : 2018, ISO 20000 & ISO 27001 Certified, 8a, Women-Owned (WOSB) and Service-disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB) small business. A recent recipient of the prestigious Washington Technology TOP 50 (ranking #9, and on the list for last 4 years!), A3T is experiencing industry leading recognition and growth. In addition to the CEO's recognition as an All-Star Entrepreneur, A3T is recognized by Inc Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the country, by Vet 50 as Fastest Growing Veteran-Owned Businesses, and is featured in CyberSecurity Ventures / Cybercrime Magazine! As a go-to Women-Owned Cybersecurity company in US and internationally. As part of our growth, we are looking for YOU to join our growing team.

A3T offers excellent benefits to enhance the work-life balance, including :