As an Azure Cloud Engineer, you will use cutting-edge cloud and data technologies to streamline services to our clients. Join our team of Cloud professionals and accomplish what others only dream of.

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-oriented solutions from major vendors such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
• Provide technical expertise and assist with systems integration and consolidation efforts across multiple systems environments.
• Interface with customers, vendors and other technical staff to analyze business and technical requirements.
• Create cloud implementation plans, operational documentation, and continual improvement of current systems and designs.
• Conduct cloud assessments, planning, and migration activities for varied application sets.
• Design and implement cloud-based deployment solutions for enterprise applications.
• Guide the migration of legacy systems to a modern cloud platform solution.
• Provides operations, maintenance, and enhancement of cloud applications within all cloud environments.

This is an on-site position in Lorton, VA

Must possess an active Top Secret clearance and be eligible to obitain a TS/SCI clearance

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline w/ 8+ years of relevant experience or Master's Degree in a related discipline w/ 6+ years. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must have experience as a Cloud Engineer (AWS or Azure) to include tasks such as cloud migration, cloud networking, IAM, cloud optimization, and deployment automation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of cloud security principles and best practices.
• At least one advanced cloud certification.
• Proven track record in leadership positions executing cloud migrations and application refactoring.
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows systems.
• Team player capable of high performance and flexibility in a dynamic working environment.
• Ability to interact positively, collaborate and communicate appropriately with team members.
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking.
• Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment.

• Strong mastery of Azure infrastructure provisioning, security hardening, and architectural design specifically for classified environments.
• Experience in migrating on-premise infrastructure to the Azure environment.
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Hyper-V including designing, configuring, and migrating workloads to and from on premise Hyper-V virtualized infrastructure to Azure cloud environments.
• Experience migrating Active Directory on premise to Azure Cloud Active Directory.
• Experience migrating Microsoft Office on-premise instances to Office 365 with Microsoft Teams integration.
• Experience with migrating Microsoft Exchange to Azure Exchange.
• Experience with migrating on-premise SharePoint instances to SharePoint online for classified environments.
• Demonstrated experience with supporting IL6 Azure infrastructure.
• Experience with programming and infrastructure automation (JSON, YAML, Python, Terraform).
• Experience implementing Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) for various systems.
• Azure certifications - professional desired, or associates with additional experience.
• Formalized systems engineering methods including but not limited to performing assessment of alternatives (AoA) and business case analysis (BCA).
• Other industry certifications a plus.

AIS, Dedicated to Our People

AIS employees can spend their entire career at AIS doing challenging, rewarding work and reach their desired level of achievement and responsibility. We offer the opportunity to move up, without the obligation to move out of a position where one excels. We are committed to our employee's success; however, they define it.

It's our dedication to our employees that inspired our leadership to invest in our future and become partially employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP).

Our employees are our greatest strength, and we do all that we can to serve them. We invest in technology as early adopters, allowing us to create transformative and innovative solutions for our customers while exposing our team to cutting edge technology.

We hire outstanding individuals who are committed to curiosity, passionate about emerging technology, and who are excited to find innovative solutions for the biggest tech challenges facing international brands and government agencies today.

We Invest in Individuals Committed to Innovation

AIS is seeking professionals of a certain character and level of excellence. People that we can learn from and that we can help grow to achieve their personal career goals.

We are looking for:

• Smart people with a passion for technology
• Strong technical capabilities with a consultancy mindset
• Close involvement with local technical communities
• A willingness to think outside of the box to provide innovative solutions to clients
• Ability to solve challenging technical business problems
• Self-directed professionals

Our Core Values

• Client Success
• Continued Learning and Technical Excellence
• Strong Client Relationships
• Citizenship and Community

Applied Information Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis covered by law. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need.