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Posted 2w agoSpringfield, VA

Cloud Engineer

SeniorOn-site (Springfield)~€6,700 – €8,750 / moEst.
Required Skills
AWSTypeScriptKubernetesDockerGitLabCI/CD
Job Description
About INflow Federal - founded in 2013, INflow Federal is a mission-driven small business delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Department of War (DoW) and Joint Force operations across 20+ states. Our strength comes from our people - especially the Veterans who make up over 50% of our workforce. Through our Veteran Outreach Program and employee-first culture, we invest deeply in professional growth, well-being, and innovation. Known for our agility, transparency, and integrity, INflow combines real-world experience with emerging technologies like AI/ML to help our customers lead in a rapidly evolving defense landscape. We empower both our employees and mission partners to stay ahead - driving smarter, faster, and more secure outcomes.

Job Overview:


As a Cloud Engineer, you'll be at the heart of our mission to deliver secure, automated, and highly available cloud infrastructure for our DoD customers. Working within a highly functional agile development team, you'll automate service deployments, optimize system performance, integrate with enterprise authentication services, strengthen system monitoring, and uphold established security protocols – driving our commitment to cloud modernization and cyber resilience.

Here, your work is more than a job – it's a journey in innovation. With opportunities to work on high-impact projects, access to the latest technologies, and a culture that thrives on creativity and collaboration, INflow Federal is where your expertise can truly make a difference.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Work with the A&A Team to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
  • Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies, authentication, search, etc.)
  • Produce detailed documentation
  • Maintain systems in an AWS environment using EC2, S3, Load Balancer, and RDS
  • Automate and optimize service deployments
  • Deliver a full-stack web application to production; identify and resolve operational issues
  • Actively participate in the technical requirements-gathering process (i.e., meetings with customers)
  • Execute design and implementation of application features independently, with minimal oversight
  • Refactor legacy application code for improved reliability and maintainability
  • Mentor junior developers
  • Write and read unit tests; apply code-quality analysis concepts
  • Write and debug JavaScript, TypeScript, or a closely related language
  • Develop applications backed by a relational database; apply relational database design concepts
  • Provide technical support to customers and participate in scrums and other agile team meetings
  • Required Skills:

  • 8+ years of IT experience
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
  • Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements, including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA
  • Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
  • Experience automating tasks using scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
  • Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus
  • Extensive TypeScript or JavaScript background
  • Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design
  • Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs
  • Experience supporting a full-stack application in a PaaS environment
  • CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab
  • Creating and deploying containerized applications, ideally with Docker
  • Designing and implementing container orchestration with Kubernetes
  • Desired Skills:

  • Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS CLI
  • Experience with one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Java)
  • Experience with the Go programming language
  • Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development
  • Database experience with a Postgres backend
  • Strong communication skills
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification
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