Hiring: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Company: BigBear.ai Location: McLean, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:58:16 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, CI/CD, Configuration Management, DNS, IaC, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Node.js, Risk Management, Security Clearance, Terraform, VPC About the job Experience: •AWS GovCloud or Azure Government •Networking/VPC configuration (routing, segmentation, connectivity) •IL5 compliance tooling and continuous monitoring practices •What We'd Like You To Have •Infrastructure ownership: accountable for stable, secure foundations and clean handoffs to platform and application teams. Required Skills: •Design, provision, and operate core cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking) in AWS GovCloud or Azure Government. •Build and maintain infrastructure that supports a polyglot data platform (relational, graph, document, and object storage services), including environment sizing and scaling patterns. •Implement infrastructure as code (Terraform) for repeatable, auditable provisioning across dev/test/prod environments. •Own network and connectivity design and operations (VPC/VNet configuration, subnets, routing, security groups/NACLs, private connectivity patterns, DNS). •Partner with data engineering and platform teams to ensure database services are performant, highly available, and recoverable (backup/restore, replication, and DR patterns). •Support Kubernetes infrastructure needs (cluster foundations, node groups, storage classes, ingress/egress patterns) in coordination with the platform team. •Implement and maintain IL5-aligned infrastructure controls and evidence (configuration baselines, hardening, vulnerability remediation, and continuous compliance tooling). •Establish operational readiness: monitoring/alerting for infrastructure components, runbooks, capacity planning inputs, and incident support. Qualifications: •Clearance: Must maintain a Top Secret security clearance •Bachelor's Degree and 8 to 10 years of experience; Master's Degree and 6 to 8 years of experience; (in lieu of Bachelor’s degree, 6 additional years of relevant experience) Compensation: •$142,638 - $190,280 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!