SAIC · Reston, Virginia, US, US
SAIC is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to support a government customer. This role involves managing cloud environments, selecting cloud service providers, implementing migration techniques, and optimizing cloud consumption to meet current and future business needs. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS or Azure, hands-on experience with Kion, and a proven ability to lead complex cloud infrastructure projects.
About the Role
You will be responsible for managing cloud environments, selecting cloud service providers, implementing migration techniques, and optimizing cloud consumption to meet current and future business needs. You will work cross-functionally with DevOps and Cloud teams to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
What You Will Do
Manage cloud environments and select cloud service providers.
Implement migration techniques and optimize cloud consumption.
Lead complex cloud infrastructure projects.
Manage AWS GovCloud and Public Cloud environments.
Ensure compliance with FedRAMP standards.
Document requirements, lead Agile projects, and mentor junior engineers.
Configure and manage AWS and Azure resources including VPCs, subnets, load balancers, and security controls.
Optimize cloud consumption and provide strategic direction for addressing opportunities.
What We Are Looking For
12+ years experience in information technology.
8+ years hands-on experience deploying/configuring workloads within AWS or Azure.
Hands-on experience installing, configuring, upgrading FinOps tools like Kion in AWS environments.
Experience in setting up Kion organizational units and account schemes, projects, linking Kion with Cloud Service Providers such as AWS, Azure, OCI, and Google Cloud Platform.
Hands-on expertise writing CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code templates for infrastructure deployment.
Hands-on experience with AWS Billing Conductor and Cost Explorer.
Proven track record of identifying AWS resource waste.
Experience authoring Account, Subscriptions etc., Kion compliance scores and financial guardrails.
Experience with Kion for tracking cost allocation for resources such as container, ALB, RDS.
Experience managing and scaling applications inside AWS ECS clusters.
Proficient in configuring Application Load Balancers for high availability.
Experience scaling, patching, and optimizing RDS instances.
Experience participating in daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally with DevOps and Cloud teams.
Good understanding of FedRAMP services and best practices for their consumption.
Experience managing AWS Public and GovCloud across regions.
Demonstrated understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices across cloud service providers.
Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies.
Experience documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases.
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment.
Professional Architect Certification within AWS or Azure.
If you are a cloud engineering leader with deep AWS or Azure expertise and a passion for optimizing cloud environments, this is your opportunity to make a significant impact.