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Cloud Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

Chantilly, VAFull-time$99–225K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$99–225K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security+ CE Or SSCP Or CCNA-Security Or GSEC Within 6 Months, requiredTS/SCI clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to build, deploy, and manage a cloud-agnostic platform for a multi-tenant environment supporting the intelligence community. The engineer will collaborate with engineering teams on scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient infrastructure for cloud-native applications. The role requires 5+ years of systems or infrastructure engineering experience, a bachelor’s degree, and TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Kubernetes, requiredLinux Server Systems, requiredAutomation Tools, requiredAWS Services, requiredBash, nice to havePython, nice to haveGroovy, nice to haveGolang, nice to haveInfrastructure as Code, nice to haveTerraform, nice to haveAnsible, nice to haveHelm, nice to haveTerragrunt, nice to haveKubernetes Operators, nice to haveRancher, nice to haveRKE2, nice to haveArgoCD, nice to haveGrafana, nice to haveElasticSearch, nice to havePrometheus, nice to havePulumi, nice to haveCrossplane, nice to have

Qualifications

5+ Years Systems or Infrastructure Engineering, requiredTS/SCI Clearance With Polygraph, requiredBachelor's Degree, requiredSecurity+ CE or SSCP or CCNA-Security or GSEC Within 6 Months, requiredAWS Certified Solutions Architect or Developer, nice to haveSecurity+ CE or SSCP or CCNA-Security or GSEC, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Cloud EngineerThe Opportunity: We are building the next generation of cloud-native infrastructure to build a system that will have a positive impact on the intelligence community (IC). We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated senior Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to join our growing team. If you have a passion for automation, cloud infrastructure, and Kubernetes, and you're excited to use the latest open-source tools, this is the role for you.

As an experienced Infrastructure Cloud engineer on our team, you will use your development experience to build, deploy, and manage a cloud agnostic platform for a multi-tenant environment. You will collaborate with engineering teams to design scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient infrastructure solutions, ensuring seamless operation and deployment of cloud-native applications. Join our team as we build tools to transform the future of the IC.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

  • 5+ years of experience in systems engineering or infrastructure engineering

  • Experience in Kubernetes architecture, deployment, management, container orchestration, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting

  • Experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining Linux server systems in the Cloud

  • Experience with automation tools

  • Knowledge of AWS services and how to integrate them with Kubernetes

  • TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

  • Bachelor’s degree

  • Ability to obtain a Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of start date

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience with scripting or object-oriented programming in Bash, Python, Groovy, or Golang

  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm for Kubernetes, or Terragrunt

  • Experience with Kubernetes Operators, Rancher, and RKE2

  • Experience using or managing ArgoCD, Grafana, ElasticSearch, and Prometheus

  • Experience with Pulumi or Crossplane

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Developer Certification

  • Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph 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. 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 or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,145 open Cloud Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$99–225K/yr
  • Virginia median$122–198K/yr336 salary ranges
  • US median$115–202K/yr3,421 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $162K, is close to the Virginia median midpoint ($160K) — in the middle half of Cloud Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 376 open Cloud Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,145 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Cloud Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,526 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,585 of the 4,145 open Cloud Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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