Lead Cloud Engineer Job at Mitre, McLean, VA

  • Mitre
  • McLean, VA

Job Description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.Department Summary:The Cloud and Infrastructure department is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer with a desire to work on innovative advanced approaches and technologies to solve our sponsors’ most critical technological problems. In this role you will provide architectural and hands-on support to critical customer problems in Cloud Computing and DevOps as well as software development and architecture. In addition, you will have an opportunity to work in several specialty fields with information technology to include Infrastructure Applications, IaaS, PaaS, Cloud Computing (including OS & Application virtualization), platform migration, server consolidation, utility computing, and grid computing. Roles & Responsibilities:Lead the identification, analysis, and resolution of infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues Review existing systems and provide actionable recommendations to sponsors and internal teams for improvement Collaborate with development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions Lead implementation of cloud-based solutions and DevOps practices across projects Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members and contribute to project planning and executionBasic Qualifications:Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of relevant experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience Strong experience with one or more commercial cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) Experience designing and implementing solutions in one or more commercial cloud platforms Ability to contribute to system architecture and provide technical direction for cloud-based solutions Strong experience implementing and leading cloud-based solutions using DevOps tools (e.g., GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, or similar) Strong working knowledge with configuration management, infrastructure-as-code, cloud development frameworks, and build automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar) Proven experience with data processing architectures including design and maintenance of data pipelines used for ETL/ELT, streaming, and distributed data processing Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker Troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to lead resolution of complex technical issues and guide others Demonstrated experience leading projects, coordinating team efforts, and mentoring engineers Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence technical outcomes across teams Experience designing and leading implementation of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#) with the ability to develop and maintain production-quality code Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be coThis position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.Preferred Qualifications: Active Top Secret security clearance Approximately 8 years of experience in a technical field, including at least 4 years of cloud experience Master’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related field with significant cloud experience Advanced experience applying DevOps principles and leading CI/CD and automation initiatives across projects Expert knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies, including Kubernetes and Docker Expert knowledge in architecting data processing architectures including data-lakes, data warehouses, and large-scale data backend platforms Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or C#) with experience developing production-quality code Experience designing and deploying AI\ML enabled architectures in a cloud environment. This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):NoneThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):Top SecretSalary compensation range and midpoint:$144,800 - $181,000 - $217,200 AnnualWork Location Type:OnsiteIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.Commitment to Non-DiscriminationAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org for general support and collegerecruiting@mitre.org for intern positions. This service is for individuals requiring reasonable accommodation requests. Please note that vendor solicitations will not receive a reply.Benefits information may be found here.Copyright 1997-2026, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.Job SummaryJob number: R116569Profession: Engineering

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