Systems Engineer SME (Cloud)

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Position Description

We’re hiring a Systems Engineer to join our Cloud team at Scott Air Force Base. In this role, you will initiate, supervise, and/or develop requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs. You will provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff; Provide detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues; Consult with client to define needs or problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.

Location and Hours:

• On-site at Scott Air Force Base, near O'Fallon, IL
• Usual business hours M-F. May be required to provide after-hours and weekend support during planned or emergency events.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on development and implementation of commercial cloud solution architectures focused on security, scalability, and resiliency.
• Plan, design, and manage migration, re-platforming, integration, implementation, and operations of complex cloud environments, including IL5/IL6 and JWCC-aligned architectures.
• Ensure commercial cloud service offerings (CSO) comply with DoD Cloud Computing guidelines and security requirements.
• Provide detailed analysis for hardware/software selection, cloud provider selection, implementation methods, and data migration approaches.
• Develop and conduct testing of cloud and virtualization systems.
• Maintain technical expertise in modern cloud and virtualization technologies (automation, hypervisors, containers, virtual networking, storage, scaling, etc.).
• Evaluate and report on emerging cloud technologies to enhance capabilities.
• Provide systems engineering functions including requirements definition, system design, interface architecture, validation and verification, integration, lifecycle cost analysis, and performance analysis.
• Participate in strategic planning discussions with senior leadership.
• Provide recommendations and decisions supporting organizational and project objectives.
• Serve as an organizational technical spokesperson and advisor on advanced cloud and systems engineering initiatives.
• Support and enhance managed shared cloud services for complex DoD and enterprise networks.
• Troubleshoot end-to-end connectivity issues across DoD networking infrastructure.
• Administer and configure enterprise networking and security devices, including next-generation firewalls (Palo Alto), F5 devices, and routing platforms.
• Utilize DevSecOps and automation tools including Git, Jenkins, Groovy, YAML, and cloud security capabilities.
• Mentor junior team members and support process improvements across the cloud and infrastructure environment.