Cloud CNO Engineer Arlington, Virginia **Hybrid** Contract $70/hr - $90/hr Cloud CNO Engineer The Cloud Engineer provides technical cloud engineering delivery leadership supporting a WAN/LAN transformation driven by a Telco-based approach. Responsible for designing, developing, and collaborating on new initiatives to increase customer network stability, reliability, and interoperability using a Hybrid and Multi-cloud architecture and a GitOps approach. This position will require **3 days onsite their Alexandria, VA or Maryland office.** **What You Will Be Doing:** + Match customer requirements to advanced capabilities in the VNF/CNF space + Implement, maintain, and design hybrid multi-cloud environments + Design, develop, build, and deploy highly scalable, fault-tolerant, elastic and secure cloud-based and distributed services + Lead decisions about cloud, non-cloud, and hybrid environments + Administer prototype environments to compare other architectures and recommend styles that balance competing tradeoffs + Document cloud environments for internal and customer needs (architecture, costs, CI/CD design, testing, etc.) + Build end-to-end user service-oriented products, testing and integrating them with a mixture of distributed COTS and Open Source custom applications + Work with various cloud-based architectures (public, private, and hybrid) + Integrate external and internal cloud systems with non-cloud on-premise networks, allowing for secure communication between the systems in support of WAN and LAN transformation efforts **Required Skills & Experience:** + Bachelor's degree from an accredited institute in an area applicable to the position; an additional 4 years of may be substituted in lieu of a degree + Minimum of eight (8) years of directly related experience in addition to education level + Experience in WAN/LAN, Telco, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments + Experience with containerization platforms and cloud-native technologies + Ability to concentrate on a wide range of loosely defined complex situations, which require creativity and originality, where guidance and counsel may be unavailable + Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tooling such as Terraform and Ansible + Background in Linux/Unix administration + Experience with working in DoD environments and with the authorization process + Knowledge of Agile methodologies and DevSecOps for designing, developing, and delivering using appropriate automation techniques or tools + Ability to work through challenging security requirements and maintain compliance + Must possess current DoD 8570 IAT/IAM III certification: AWS Cloud OR Microsoft Azure OR VMWare OR Red Hat OpenShift desired + Current active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future. This position doesn’t provide sponsorship. **You will receive the following benefits:** + Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family + Dental & Orthodontia Benefits + Vision Benefits + Health Savings Account (HSA) + Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts + Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance + Hospital Indemnity Insurance + 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options + Paid Sick Time Leave + Legal and Identity Protection Plans + Pre-tax Commuter Benefit + 529 College Saver Plan Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. **Posted by:** Ashton Corbett **Specialization:** Cloud Engineer