Associate Cloud Engineer

General information

Requisition # R63652 Locations USA-VA-Reston, USA-VA-Herndon Posting Date 10/09/2025 Security Clearance Required TS/SCI w/ Poly Remote Type Onsite Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

Unlock the secrets of intelligence with MANTECH! Join a dynamic team at the forefront of national security, providing advanced solutions to government intelligence agencies. Since 1968, we’ve been solving the toughest challenges with groundbreaking tech. Explore thrilling projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and Software Development. Elevate your career and make a difference. Your adventure begins now—unleash your potential with MANTECH!

***This is for a future opportunity***

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Cloud Engineer to join our team onsite in Herndon, VA or Reston, VA to support the development and subsequent sustainment of our Cloud environments and Modern Data Platform.

You will be part of a greater team to manage, maintain, and optimize our Cloud infrastructure in support of a high-priority mission at one of our National Intelligence Customers. In this role, you will focus on reliability, performance, and security as part of the day-to-day execution of tasks.
 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design & Deploy: Architect and deploy scalable and secure solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Automation & Optimization: Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Ansible to automate Cloud provisioning
• Networking & Security: Configure VCNs, subnets, load balancers, and security lists for cloud applications
• Monitoring & Performance Tuning: Use monitoring tools to optimize Cloud resources and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks
• Disaster Recovery & High Availability: Design backup, replication, and failover strategies for critical workloads
• Cloud Cost Optimization: Monitor resource utilization and implement cost-saving strategies to optimize OCI spending
• Compliance & Security: Ensure compliance with industry security standards (NIST 800-53) and implement best practices for IAM policies and access controls

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1+ years of hands-on experience with a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field OR additional equivalent work experience
• Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, chef, puppet, Ansible) and with Agile methodology
• Experience with configuration management with code repositories, such as Github, and in administration within DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience managing resources, tenancy limits, and quotas
• Experience with Cloud networking and troubleshooting performance technical issues across Cloud architecture
• Familiar with data security protocols and monitoring tools such as CloudWatch and Splunk