Cloud Engineer

Austin, TX

IPTA Technology Solutions (IPTA) is passionate about providing our customers with technical solutions that satisfy their business needs. Through collaborative interactions with customers, team members, subject matter experts (SMEs), technical leaders, and partners we design practical solutions that solve real problems for major government and business organizations. As a member of our Technology Solutions group, you will work with a team of technologists focused on delivering innovative business solutions using emerging technologies through proven successful methods.

Our Team:

We are looking for talented people who are enthusiastic about applying technology to deliver innovative outcomes with "fierce determination, fearless integrity, and passionate service." Our belief is that our people are the key to success. By encouraging and enabling continued learning, our team members grow to achieve their personal career goals. We are looking for:

Smart people with a passion for technology

Ability to solve challenging business problems

Self-directed professionals

Hunger to continually learn and grow

Responsibilities:

Building and improving the secure cloud platform that powers the Army's Data Science Environment (DSE)

Enabling data scientists and analytic teams to rapidly deploy AI/ML models and advanced analytics tools

Automating cloud infrastructure and platform services using modern DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code practices

Improving reliability, scalability, and observability of enterprise data and analytics platforms

Supporting containerized analytic workloads used by multiple Army organizations

Designing secure architectures and automated compliance capabilities within DoD cloud environments

Helping analytic teams move faster by providing stable, automated, and secure platform services

Design, deploy, andmaintaincloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure and Azure Government environments

Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (

IaC) using tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep

Build and support CI/CD pipelines for automated infrastructure and application deployments

Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes

Implement DevSecOps practices integrating security scanning, compliance validation, and automated testing

Configure monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure system performance and reliability

Implement cloud security controls including RBAC, secure configuration baselines, and STIG compliance

Collaborate with software developers, data engineers, data scientists, and cybersecurity teams to support modern cloud platforms

Document technical solutions, architecture decisions, and operational procedures

Support operational reliability, incident response, and platform performance tuning

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical discipline

3+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or DevOps roles

Experience designing and deploying solutions in Microsoft Azure

Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment pipelines

Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes

Knowledge of secure cloud architecture and cybersecurity best practices

Experience working in Agile development environments

Active Security clearance required

Microsoft Azure / Azure Government

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)

Kubernetes and container platforms

CI/CD tools (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps)

Python or PowerShell automation

Monitoring and observability platforms such as Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana

Identity and access management using Azure Active Direc

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