Cloud Operations Infrastructure Engineer, Lead

Cloud Operations Infrastructure Engineer, Lead

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to leverage your Cloud engineering expertise in a high impact role? Booz Allen’s has an opportunity to showcase your talents by supporting the United States Air Force. We’re looking for a lead Cloud Operations Infrastructure Engineer to join the team. You’ll help oversee the design, sustainment, and optimization of secure, mission‑aligned cloud infrastructure across multiple CSPs, including AWS, Azure, GCP, or DoW‑affiliated managed environments. In this role, you will lead engineering teams supporting DoW and Special Access Program (SAP) workloads, ensuring compliance with DoW cybersecurity standards, secure multi‑boundary deployment patterns, and rapid, reliable delivery of mission applications in IL2-IL6, JWICS, or SAP‑accredited cloud environments.

Through your leadership, we’ll help transform the way the Department of Air Force uses technology including cloud migration, integrating advanced technology, and modernizing legacy systems. You should thrive in a fast-paced environment and be able lead and mentor cloud engineers supporting hybrid, multi-cloud and tenant-owned architecture in DoW environments. You’ll be responsible for driving cloud operational readiness, incident response, environment hardening, and mission uptime across secure and classified networks. You should have experience coordinating with cybersecurity teams, AOs, and mission owners to accelerate accreditation timelines and environment compliance requirements.

You should have expertise in AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle clouds, Cloud  or network security, containers and Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines across DoW impact levels or classifications. You should have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently while leading others, and be able to work across development teams. You should be able to work in a fast-paced, agile environment, while mentoring the next set of developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s cloud operations leads.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 6+ years of experience supporting secure DoW commercial cloud environments, including IL2–IL6, SAP, or JWICS

• 5+ years of experience with Cloud-native or network security architecture such as least privilege or IAM, RBAC, or Boundary Protection

• 5+ years of experience with DevOps for Containerized or Kubernetes production systems, including AWS EKS, Azure AKS Rancher, or RKE

• 4+ years of experience with CI/CD and developer workflow automation, including Github Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodeStar or CodePipeline

• 4+ years of experience with IaC, including Terraform, Terragrunt, or Ansible

• 4+ years of experience with Kubernetes Deployment and GitOps tooling, including Helm, Flux, or Argo CD

• 2+ years of experience leading cloud operations teams

• Secret clearance

• Bachelor's degree

• Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II Certification, including Security+ Certification, within 60 days of start date

Nice If You Have:

• 6+ years of experience operating, deploying, and developing in scalable cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud

• 5+ years of experience with networking across hybrid and secure DoW or DoD environments, including NIPR, SIPR, TS, JWICS, and Special Access Program (SAP) enclaves such as FENCES and PLX

• Experience developing cloud‑native microservices spanning frontend, backend, and data layers and implementing DoD STIGs and CIS Benchmarks to ensure secure system hardening and compliance

• Experience troubleshooting complex issues across networking, application layers, and cloud infrastructure in secure environments

• Experience with Kubernetes and container‑based architectures across multi‑classification cloud domains

• Knowledge of identity and access management, including SAML, OpenID, and Single Sign‑On integrations

• Ability to automate cloud provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible

• TS/SCI clearance

• DoD 8570 IAT Level II or III Certification

• Advanced Cloud Certifications such as AWS SA Pro, Azure Architect, or GCP Architect Certification

Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All 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.