When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.
What are we looking for?
At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.
What you will be doing?
At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer.
Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs complex network and hybrid‑cloud solutions; implements security controls, DR/BCP, and automated IaC with deployment pipelines; performs advanced performance tuning.
Work & Complexity: Solves complex issues, designs and delivers new infrastructure solutions, performs capacity planning, and leads advanced automation initiatives.
Quality & Independence: Drives root‑cause analysis, enforces best practices and QA on changes, optimizes for reliability and user experience; operates with high autonomy.
Teamwork & Communication: Leads cross‑functional efforts, mentors juniors, facilitates knowledge transfer, and aligns stakeholders with technical plans.
Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic input on infrastructure initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.
The Cloud Engineer plays a critical role in supporting the federal government by focusing primarily on migrating sensitive workloads to the cloud. This hands-on position requires expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud architectures, with an emphasis on security, scalability, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities- Design and implement secure, scalable, and highly available cloud solutions on Azure Government, utilizing PaaS/IaaS services and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, AKS).
- Create and execute detailed cloud migration plans while ensuring security and compliance throughout the process.
- Drive enhancements for cloud management platforms, evaluating their performance and making necessary improvements.
- Develop infrastructure as code (IAC) using CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Terraform and ARM templates.
- Lead cloud consulting engagements, providing strategic insights on cloud architecture, technology deployments, and portfolio management.
- Educate and guide stakeholders and engineering teams on effective cloud solutions, security best practices, and cost optimization strategies.
- Participate in technical project reviews to ensure designs meet operational and security requirements.
- Maintain technical documentation and stay updated on emerging tools and best practices.
Required For This Opportunity
Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience, or Master’s Degree and 10+ years of experience, or 7 years with PhD. A degree in one of the following fields is highly desired: Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or Software Engineering.
However, 4 years of additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.
Clearance Requirement: Minimum active Secret
- Active Certification Requirement (must submit a copy of the certification): AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert or CASP+ or CISSP-ISSAP or TOGAF or SABSA
- Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.
- Knowledge of risk management processes.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, cyber threats, and vulnerabilities.
- Knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
- Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in private, public, and hybrid environments.
- A minimum of 3 years of experience specifically within Microsoft Azure Government.
- Proven experience in designing flexible, scalable, and highly-available cloud architectures and systems.
- Expertise in containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) and IAC tools (Terraform, ARM templates). Familiarity with DevOps concepts and tools (GitLab, JIRA, Jenkins).
- Familiarity with NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, security tools, and principles.
- In-depth expertise with DAF CLOUDWorks (multi-cloud environments)
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) and cyber threat intelligence platforms.
- Knowledge of AI/ML concepts and tools
Highly Desired Certifications:
• Cloud: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional/Associate)
• Cloud Security: CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional), Cloud+ (CompTIA Cloud Plus), GCLD (GIAC Cloud Security Essentials), GCSA (GIAC Cloud Security Automation)
• Project Management: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Applied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree with 12+ years experience, Master's with 10+ years, or PhD with 7+ years (or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor's)
- Active Secret clearance (minimum)
- Active certification (must submit copy): AWS Solutions Architect Professional OR Azure Solutions Architect Expert OR CASP+ OR CISSP-ISSAP OR TOGAF OR SABSA
- Minimum 3 years of experience specifically within Microsoft Azure Government
- Proven experience designing flexible, scalable, highly-available cloud architectures and systems
- Knowledge of computer networking concepts, protocols, and network security methodologies
- Knowledge of risk management processes and cybersecurity principles, threats, and vulnerabilities
- Knowledge of cloud computing service models (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) and deployment models (private, public, hybrid)
- Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Terraform and ARM templates
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership via an ESOP is emphasized and contributes meaningful long‑term value to total rewards. Equity participation is positioned as a core part of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is consistently described alongside the ESOP. Together these programs are framed as key pillars of financial benefits.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan choices, plus dental and vision, are highlighted as part of a comprehensive offering. Health coverage is paired with PTO and paid holidays to round out the package.
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What We Do
AIS (Applied Information Sciences) provides software and systems engineering services to government agencies and businesses across the United States. We specialize in cloud services, DevOps, custom application development, and IT services. Our areas of expertise include custom application development, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, User Experience (UX), business intelligence/advanced analytics and IoT, and Managed Services. Our customers include a broad range of organizations, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies, and include state and local governments as well as defense and national security agencies. Our analysis-driven approach to solving business problems—combined with our commitment to deadlines and budgets—results in successful projects and long-term relationships with our clients. We're a top-tier cloud partner for Microsoft, Amazon and Equinix with proven capabilities and a track record of success. AIS is a Microsoft gold partner with six competencies and a Microsoft National Solution Provider (NSP). From over 750,000 Microsoft partners, there are less than 50 partners that have been selected for inclusion in the NSP organization. Microsoft chooses partners for this program that have proven capabilities to scale to the needs of large enterprises across the United States. Founded in 1982, AIS is a growing and privately held company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with offices in Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Indiana, and India. Check out our opportunities at careers.ais.com.
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