Cloud Engineer

Job overview

The Cloud Engineer role is onsite in Rockville, MD, with compensation of $100,000–$180,000 per year. US AI works in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and self-healing infrastructure and is focused on commercializing technology products. The engineer designs, builds, and maintains cloud solutions and infrastructure for applications, data processing, and analytics. The role supports reliable, scalable deployments by establishing practices, mentoring development teams, troubleshooting incidents, and implementing infrastructure automation and compliance controls.

What you'll do

• Identify and implement cloud solutions
• document deployment and infrastructure-maintenance practices
• mentor development teams
• maintain application performance, uptime, and scale
• design and deploy cloud-native applications
• participate in the software development lifecycle
• troubleshoot incidents and prevent recurrence
• implement infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible
• design multi-cloud networking
• address NIST 800-53, CMMI, and CMMC compliance needs.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cloud engineer

cloud infrastructure

aws

azure

google cloud

terraform

ansible

kubernetes

artificial intelligence

cybersecurity

rockville md

us ai

$100k–$180k/year

security clearance

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 401(k) with employer matching, health and dental insurance, paid time off, life insurance, vision insurance, and professional growth opportunities.

Why this role

Requires seven years of cloud-solution experience, Terraform and Kubernetes experience, and the ability to obtain a Secret-or-higher security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required. Candidates must be able to commute to the North Bethesda, MD office.

About the employer

US AI is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.