AVANTGARDE Group · 15 hours ago
Sr. Cloud Engineer - hybrid
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAvantGarde, LLC is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join their engineering team in developing, implementing, optimizing, and maintaining cloud-based solutions for their Federal Client. The role involves collaborating with teams to evaluate cloud solutions, managing cloud systems, and ensuring security in cloud infrastructure.
Brand MarketingPublic Relations
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop, implement and modify scalable architecture to support applications and infrastructure on IaaS, PaaS and Azure platforms
Physically assess on-premises equipment, servers, and other storage devices to recommend cloud migration strategies and implementation tactics
Collaborate with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions
Assist in the design and management of the organization's cloud systems, applications, policies, and strategy
Conduct market research to evaluate and identify the best cloud solutions for the organization
Deploy and debug cloud stacks, educate teams on new cloud initiatives, and ensure the security of the cloud infrastructure
Analyze business processes, build requirements, and identify the most optimal cloud-based solutions for customers and maintain cloud infrastructures in accordance with best practices, industry Standards and USCP security policies
Streamline, modify and improve existing systems and services through cloud-based solutions
Identify and calculate return-on-investment for implementing cloud-based solutions
Present leadership briefings on the implementation of new cloud technologies and initiatives
Incorporate security management and privacy requirements into cloud hardware, software, and applications
Design controls and processes that utilize available audit tools
Maintain up-to-date and extensive knowledge of cloud products and technology
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, or related field is highly desired
Requires a minimum of 10 years relevant work experience as a senior IT specialist supporting large scale, production Windows environments, cloud services or related enterprise-level IT solutions for organizations with at least 2,000 end users
Requires 5-7 years of experience in designing and developing cloud systems and applications
Experience using IaaS and PaaS, Azure platforms is required
Must have experience implementing and migrating to cloud solutions from on-premise environments
Knowledge and awareness of cloud technology trends
Strong customer service orientation, with ability to work on an agile or waterfall-based team
Excellent communication skills to prepare briefing papers and present options and alternatives for cloud-based solutions to senior leaders
Experience working in an agile work environment with ability to operate in a nimble, flexible way
Expert level of proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of applications
Experience working in MS SharePoint and Project Server environments
Must be a US Citizen
Preferred
Experience with VMware, Express route, VPM, Global Reach and RBAC preferred
Able to obtain a federal security clearance; active or recent federal security clearance preferred
Benefits
Monthly commuter benefit
Immediate 401k
Medical enrollment
Company
AVANTGARDE Group
With its portfolio of specialized agencies, AVANTGARDE Group is a multiplayer in the experience economy.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2019-09-25Acquired
Leadership Team
Martin Schnaack
Member of The Board of Advisors
Recent News
2025-07-28
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