Cloud System Engineer, Secret Clearance
Blue Sky InnovatorsRole Overview
Blue Sky Innovators is hiring a mid-level Cloud System Engineer, Secret Clearance. This is a full-time role in Arlington. Part of Blue Sky Innovators's Devops hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
In this role, you will:
- Design, test, and maintain our cloud application/runtime infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Contribute to internal operations projects, such as the introduction of new technology stacks.
- Spearhead improvement and/or maintenance initiatives regarding existing infrastructure.
- Partner with development teams, clients and vendors on various tasks to enable continuous delivery, such as building microservices, and responding to and resolving incidents as they arise.
- Proactively identify areas for improvement via automation as a key member of our DevOps team.
Technical Experience
- Must come from a technical background with strong experience in DevOps tooling and techniques.
- Previous knowledge of building and optimizing deployment pipelines and deployment strategies on popular CI/CD tools.
- Strong experience designing, securing, scaling and administering cloud platforms.
- Solid understanding and experience of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Serverless computing.
- Previous experience using scripting and coding languages.
- Ability to drive efficiencies through automation and process design and implementation of application deployment methodologies.
- Experience deploying, securing and upgrading a growing list of applications and services; provide routine automation; maintain security policies; troubleshoot and offer technical support for project related work.
- Ability to contribute to existing documentation such as knowledge base, wiki, manuals, etc.
- Build process for multiple releases.
- Design and configure continuous integration build systems.
- Participate in deployment and configuration of the applications.
- Set up code review process and tooling for continuous integration.
- Automate test environments.
Additional Skills/Requirements
An active Secret or Top-Secret Security Clearance.
Must have at least one from each of the following categories:
- Programming Languages
C, C#, C++, Java, JS(ES6+), Python, Ruby, Perl, Rust, Go
- Systems Administrator Experience
Linux Redhat/CentOS, Linux Debian/Ubuntu
- Virtualization Technologies
Xen, HyperV, Vmware, KVM, Qemu
- Cloud Platforms
AWS, GCP, Azure, Openstack
- CI/CD Tools
Jenkins, Travis CI, GitLab CI
- Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, Chef
- Container Technologies (Must Have Docker/Kubernetes and at least one of the following:)
Docker-Compose, LXC, Openshift, AWS EKS, GKE, Docker Swarm
Kubernetes Certification is a plus.
- Web Technologies
HTTP. HTTPS. CSS. Web Dev Frameworks (Angular/React/Vue), DDP, REST, GraphQL
- Web Servers
Tomcat, Apache, Nginx, LightHttpd
- L4 and L7 Load Balancer Experience
Path Based Routing, reverse/forward proxy
- Bash Scripting Experience
- Log Aggregation
Splunk, ELK, Graylog
- Monitoring
PRTG, Nagios, Icinga2
- Experience with Firewalls (NAT, ACL, Port Forwarding)
- Hashicorp Toolstack Terraform, Packer, Vault, Consul, Nomad
- Good understanding of IP Network stack up to CCENT level.
Education
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree required (in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or related field.)
Blue Sky Innovators, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a qualified job seeker with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access http://www.blueskyinnovators.com as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, please email us at careers@blueskyinnovators.com and provide your name and contact information. Please note: this is only for job seekers with disabilities requesting an accommodation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Cloud System Engineer, Secret Clearance position at Blue Sky Innovators?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Blue Sky Innovators. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Cloud System Engineer, Secret Clearance position at Blue Sky Innovators located?
This position is based in Arlington. Blue Sky Innovators has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Cloud System Engineer, Secret Clearance at Blue Sky Innovators earn?
Blue Sky Innovators has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Cloud System Engineer, Secret Clearance role at Blue Sky Innovators posted?
This role was posted on April 23, 2026 (53 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
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