Role Description This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a Google Cloud Platform Engineer. Location: This position will be remote. - Design scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for Google environment. - Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals. - Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks. - Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments. - Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies. - Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements. - Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks. - Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption. - Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices. - Develop migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions. - Manage and optimize cloud environments, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, and SQL systems. - Implement and maintain Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and Guacamole to support DevSecOps practices. - Containerize applications to enhance scalability and deployment efficiency. - Support the design and development of Shared Services. - Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems. - Establish and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases, ensuring their performance and reliability. - Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes. - Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management. - Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations. Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree. - Must have an active Secret clearance. - 1 or more cloud certifications. - US citizenship required. - Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2). - Excellent verbal and written communications skills. - Experience onboarding customer log-data from cloud platforms to on-premises or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk. - Cloud architecture and design experience. Preferred Skills - Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1. - Experience with Zero Trust Architecture. - Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position. - Strong understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes. - Experience with Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. - Administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS). - Experience administering Windows Server, and related services. - Cloud certifications in Google clouds. Benefits - Medical - Dental - Vision - AD&D - STD - LTD - Company paid Life Insurance - 401k with employer contribution - Paid Time Off - Pet Insurance

• Design and optimize cloud-native architectures based on Kubernetes and CNCF standards • Design and implement MLOps pipelines to automate machine learning workflows • Advise internal teams on best practices in cloud infrastructure and DevOps • Evaluate and integrate new technologies to improve efficiency and scalability • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud solutions • Document architectural decisions and create guidelines for team implementation

• Design and continuous development of modern cloud architectures in AWS and Azure environments • Development of viable target architectures for scalable, secure and cost-efficient cloud platforms • Design and implementation of cloud-native solutions based on modern platform and container technologies • Architecture work involving Linux, Kubernetes and containerized workloads • Building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for reliable and automated software delivery • Advancing automation approaches for infrastructure, deployment and operational processes • Use and further development of GitHub Actions, GitLab and comparable toolchains in the delivery environment • Collaborate with development, infrastructure and security teams to implement robust cloud solutions • Define and establish architecture principles, standards and best practices • Evaluate new technologies and derive appropriate architectural decisions for customer or platform contexts

Role Description The Senior Cloud Engineer is a senior technical role within the Cloud Engineering function, responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of Brightsolid’s large-scale OpenStack-based cloud platforms and associated storage systems. You will act as a technical leader within the team, ensuring that platforms are architected correctly for multi-tenant environments while supporting the ongoing evolution of the Brightsolid Cloud platform. This role represents a shift from traditional public cloud and VMware-based platforms towards open-source technologies, with a strong focus on OpenStack, Canonical tooling, and large-scale infrastructure engineering. Key Responsibilities - Technical Leadership - Provide hands-on technical leadership across OpenStack-based cloud platforms, acting as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. - Support the development of engineering standards, patterns, and reusable designs, while mentoring other engineers within the team. - Ensure solutions are designed to meet both customer and business requirements in multi-tenant environments. - Platform Engineering - Design, implement, and manage Brightsolid’s OpenStack cloud platform, including compute, storage, and networking components. - Work across the full lifecycle of the platform, including build, deployment, optimisation, and scaling of services. - Ensure the platform remains highly available, resilient, and capable of supporting diverse workloads. - Storage and Data Platforms - Design and support large-scale storage platforms underpinning the cloud environment, including high-performance and enterprise storage solutions. - Contribute to the architecture and operation of block, object, and distributed storage services, ensuring performance, durability, and scalability requirements are met. - Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Drive the adoption of infrastructure-as-code and automation practices across the cloud platform. - Develop and maintain deployment tooling, orchestration templates, and automation pipelines to ensure consistent and repeatable platform delivery. - Support a continuous delivery approach for infrastructure services. - Operations and Service Reliability - Support the ongoing operation of the Brightsolid cloud platform, including monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution of complex issues. - Ensure platform compliance, patching, and lifecycle management activities are performed in line with operational standards. - Contribute to a high-availability, 24x7 service environment. - Technology Strategy and Innovation - Contribute to the evolution of Brightsolid’s cloud platform, working closely with Cloud Engineering leadership and Product Management to enhance capabilities and introduce new technologies. - Support the ongoing transition to open-source platforms and ensure alignment with long-term strategic goals. - Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement - Work closely with Network Engineering, Security Operations, Product Management, and Customer Success teams to deliver integrated cloud services. - Engage with external partners including Canonical to support platform development, deployment, and optimisation. Qualifications - Strong experience in a senior cloud engineering or infrastructure engineering role. - Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale cloud platforms or distributed systems. - Proven expertise in Linux-based systems and infrastructure. - Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code and automation principles. - Experience working in a managed service or service provider environment delivering high availability solutions. Requirements - Experience with OpenStack and associated technologies including compute, networking, and orchestration services. - Experience with distributed storage platforms and data services. - Familiarity with Canonical tooling and cloud deployment models. - Experience with automation frameworks such as Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent tooling. - Experience supporting multi-tenant environments and large-scale infrastructure platforms. Behaviours and Attributes - Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence design and engineering decisions. - Collaborative approach with the ability to work across multiple technical domains. - Customer-focused mindset with a strong emphasis on service quality and reliability. - Ability to operate both strategically and at a detailed technical level. - Continuous improvement mindset aligned to modern engineering practices. This role is central to delivering Brightsolid’s next-generation cloud platform, focused on open-source technologies, platform sovereignty, and enabling customers to run modern, scalable workloads on a secure and high-performance infrastructure foundation. To apply for this role, please follow our online application process and submit a CV and cover letter. Closing date for applications: 29th July at 12:00noon