Senior Cloud Software Engineer

Location: Dayton, OH

Work Location: onsite

• Architect and deliver scalable, cloud‑native microservices across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Lead containerization, Kubernetes deployment strategies, multi‑cluster operations, and service‑mesh integrations.
• Design enterprise CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, secure packaging, artifact governance, and multi‑enclave deployments.
• Drive cloud security posture improvements (IAM, secrets management, network policies, compliance controls).
• Partner with product teams, SREs, cybersecurity, and mission stakeholders to align cloud solutions with system‑of‑systems architecture.
• Troubleshoot high‑complexity production issues across distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
• Produce high‑quality architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, technical approaches, and decision rationale for leadership.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers; elevate team cloud practices and engineering standards.

• Excel at owning cloud architectures end‑to‑end and enjoy guiding teams through complex technical challenges.
• Have deep experience with Kubernetes, distributed systems, and secure, scalable cloud design patterns.
• Thrive in mission‑focused environments where reliability, automation, and security are central to success.
• Can balance hands‑on engineering with architectural vision, technical leadership, and mentoring.
• Enjoy collaborating across multiple organizations and disciplines to deliver cloud solutions that actually get used in the field.

• Lead design and development of cloud‑native services, including microservices architectures, API interfaces, and distributed data flows.
• Manage full Kubernetes lifecycle—cluster architecture, networking, autoscaling, observability stacks, and cluster hardening.
• Define and maintain CI/CD architecture that supports multiple enclaves, automated quality gates, SBOM generation, and mission‑ready release pipelines.
• Implement infrastructure‑as‑code solutions (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize) that ensure consistent, auditable, repeatable deployments.
• Integrate advanced telemetry, including distributed tracing, metrics pipelines, operational dashboards, and automated alerting.
• Ensure compliance with cloud security frameworks, zero‑trust principles, and enclave‑specific access controls.
• Lead technical planning, architecture reviews, risk analysis, and trade studies to shape long‑term cloud roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers, guide code reviews, improve team processes, and evangelize best practices across cloud engineering and DevSecOps.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional cloud engineering experience, including hands‑on work with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes (deployments, networking, scaling, operators, observability).
• Deep experience with containerization (Docker) and microservice design patterns.
• Proficiency in a modern programming language (Python, C++ preferred).
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and secure release workflows.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud networking, and API design.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearances.

• Experience architecting mission‑critical or highly regulated cloud systems (DoD, IC, aerospace, critical infrastructure, etc.).
• Expertise in Kubernetes multi‑cluster management, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), or advanced cluster hardening.
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation) and GitOps workflows.
• Experience with event‑driven or streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).
• Strong background in cloud security design: IAM, boundary protection, key management, policy‑as‑code.
• Experience leading technical teams, driving architecture decisions, or serving as a technical SME.
• Cloud certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Engineer, CKA/CKAD/CKS.

• United States citizenship is required with the ability to obtain a secret security clearance