Senior Cloud Software Engineer

• Architect and deliver scalable, cloudnative microservices across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Lead containerization, Kubernetes deployment strategies, multicluster operations, and servicemesh integrations.
• Design enterprise CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, secure packaging, artifact governance, and multienclave deployments.
• Drive cloud security posture improvements (IAM, secrets management, network policies, compliance controls).
• Partner with product teams, SREs, cybersecurity, and mission stakeholders to align cloud solutions with systemofsystems architecture.
• Troubleshoot highcomplexity production issues across distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
• Produce highquality architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, technical approaches, and decision rationale for leadership.
• Mentor junior and midlevel engineers; elevate team cloud practices and engineering standards.

• Excel at owning cloud architectures endtoend and enjoy guiding teams through complex technical challenges.
• Have deep experience with Kubernetes, distributed systems, and secure, scalable cloud design patterns.
• Thrive in missionfocused environments where reliability, automation, and security are central to success.
• Can balance handson engineering with architectural vision, technical leadership, and mentoring.
• Enjoy collaborating across multiple organizations and disciplines to deliver cloud solutions that actually get used in the field.

• Lead design and development of cloudnative services, including microservices architectures, API interfaces, and distributed data flows.
• Manage full Kubernetes lifecycle-cluster architecture, networking, autoscaling, observability stacks, and cluster hardening.
• Define and maintain CI/CD architecture that supports multiple enclaves, automated quality gates, SBOM generation, and missionready release pipelines.
• Implement infrastructureascode solutions (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize) that ensure consistent, auditable, repeatable deployments.
• Integrate advanced telemetry, including distributed tracing, metrics pipelines, operational dashboards, and automated alerting.
• Ensure compliance with cloud security frameworks, zerotrust principles, and enclavespecific access controls.
• Lead technical planning, architecture reviews, risk analysis, and trade studies to shape longterm cloud roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers, guide code reviews, improve team processes, and evangelize best practices across cloud engineering and DevSecOps.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional cloud engineering experience, including handson work with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong proficiency with Kubernetes (deployments, networking, scaling, operators, observability).
• Deep experience with containerization (Docker) and microservice design patterns.
• Proficiency in a modern programming language (Python, C++ preferred).
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and secure release workflows.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, cloud networking, and API design.
• Ability to obtain and maintain any required security clearances.

• Experience architecting missioncritical or highly regulated cloud systems (DoD, IC, aerospace, critical infrastructure, etc.).
• Expertise in Kubernetes multicluster management, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), or advanced cluster hardening.
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation) and GitOps workflows.
• Experience with eventdriven or streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, Pub/Sub).
• Strong background in cloud security design: IAM, boundary protection, key management, policyascode.
• Experience leading technical teams, driving architecture decisions, or serving as a technical SME.
• Cloud certifications: AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Engineer, CKA/CKAD/CKS.

• United States citizenship is required with the ability to obtain a secret security clearance

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  Interesting Work:
  
  
  
  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
  
  
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  Values:
  
  
  
  Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
  
  
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  100% Employee Owned:
  
  
  
  We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
  
  
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  Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
  
  
  




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  Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  
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  Flexible schedules
  
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  6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
  
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  Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  
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  Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  
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  Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
  
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  Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  
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  Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
  




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  Track Record of Success:
  
  
  
  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
  
  

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com