Cloud Systems Engineer
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DEFCON AIDefense Artificial Intelligence
Remote, USA; All work must be performed within the United States.Full-TimeSenior
Salary$160,000-$190,000
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years in systems administration, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering.
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonMicrosoft AzureTerraform
Requirements
- 5+ years in systems administration, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering.
- 3+ years hands-on administering AWS in production.
- 2+ years administering a Microsoft 365 tenant with real admin rights (Entra ID, Exchange Online, Conditional Access).
- Hands-on Microsoft Azure administration in a production environment.
- Demonstrated automation of operational workflows using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
- Working Terraform experience including modular design and state management.
- Strong understanding of IAM, encryption (KMS, TLS), and network segmentation.
- Experience with Linux (RHEL or Amazon Linux) and Windows Server in a cloud context.
- Experience working in Department of Defense environments and applying their security requirements.
- Disciplined documentation habits.
- US Citizenship required.
Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain AWS and Azure environments including virtual machines, networking, and storage.
- Manage the identity plane through Entra ID, including conditional access, MFA, and RBAC.
- Design and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform across AWS and Azure.
- Implement security hardening and compliance baselines aligned to NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC.
- Manage the user lifecycle, endpoint fleet via Intune, and SaaS platform integrations.
- Automate operational workflows using PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
- Administer AI platform integrations including Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- Produce and maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, and audit evidence.
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