Cloud Engineer I

About Bowman

At Bowman, we believe in creating opportunities for aspiring people to thrive and achieve ambitious goals. That’s why a career at Bowman is more than a job. It is an opportunity to be part of a diverse and engaged community of professionals, to be treated as a respected and valued member of a motivated team and to be empowered to do exceptional work that advances the best interest of everyone involved. We recognize the importance of creating a work environment that is both rewarding to our employees and supportive of our unwavering commitment to provide unparalleled service to our clients.

Purpose of the Cloud Engineer I Role

The Cloud Engineer will play a key role within the cloud operations team, working closely with development, security, and engineering teams to ensure the development, deployment, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions. This role drives cloud adoption through proven experience in deploying solutions, enhancing sustainability, implementing automation, and balancing cloud solution costs.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Direction

• Receive broad guidance relating to overall key objectives, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters and general parameters for execution.
• Receive direction as needed, especially on highly complex assignments.
• Independently apply extensive and diversified knowledge of principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Review work produced by staff for quality assurance.

At The Operational And Company Level

• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to develop the necessary resources, automation, and code to implement specified cloud solutions.
• Work closely with support, security, architecture, and development teams to ensure seamless implementation and sustainment over the full lifecycle of the solution.
• Lead operations teams in monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving cloud-related issues.

Do the Work

• Design, develop, and deploy end-to-end cloud solutions that meet business and technical requirements.
• Suggest and evaluate cloud operations best practices for cloud adoption, governance, security, and scalability.
• Lead cloud migrations, modernization, and digital transformation project initiatives.
• Develop and deploy cloud solution artifacts using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps, and CI/CD in an enterprise cloud adoption framework (CAF) environment.
• Ensure cloud solutions development and deployments meet compliance with industry standards, security frameworks, regulatory requirements, and enterprise architecture.
• Optimize cloud costs, performance, and reliability by leveraging cloud operations best practices.
• Configure platform controls to manage costs effectively and prevent overruns.
• Stay up to date with cloud services, trends, and emerging technologies.

Success Metrics and Competencies

• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization and external partners.
• High degree of discretion and ability to manage highly confidential information.
• Highly motivated and problem-solving attitude.
• Strong sense of urgency in responding to constituents.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and commitment to quality.
• Self-reliance and ability to operate independently with limited direction.
• Commitment to promoting the reputation of the company through quality of work.
• Aspirations to grow professionally and advance within the company.
• Effective working relationship with internal leaders and peers, as well as external clients.
• Commitment to becoming a 'citizen' of the broader organization, breaking down barriers and silos.
• Commitment to working in partnership with others inside and outside the organization.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple time-sensitive tasks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Three or more (3+) years of experience in cloud engineering and operations in Microsoft Azure.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture and cloud security principles.
• Solid understanding of zero trust and cloud security.
• Proven experience in designing, building, and migrating Azure cloud solutions.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and automation in cloud environments.
• Proficiency developing and deploying landing zone solutions using Azure cloud services including virtual machines, containers, applications, storage, networking, databases, security, and identity management.
• Experience designing Azure solutions to meet the core pillars of the Well-Architected Framework (WAF).
• Experience deploying and maintaining the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and associated Landing Zones.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and managing DevOps pipeline for infrastructure as code (IaC) and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) workloads using Azure DevOps, BICEP, ARM, YAML, Terraform, or similar tools.
• Strong PowerShell, Bash, or Python scripting skills.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for performance and reliability management.
• Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Strong problem-solving abilities to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to DevOps processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud environments preferred.
• Familiarity with Azure enterprise architecture frameworks (CAF/WAF) preferred.
• Understanding of compliance frameworks such as CIS, NIST 800-53 and GDPR preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator and DevOps Engineer preferred.
• In accordance with federal requirements to access Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) US citizenship is required for this position.

Key skills/competency

• Cloud Engineering
• Microsoft Azure
• DevOps
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• CI/CD
• Cloud Security
• Automation
• Scripting (PowerShell, Python)
• Monitoring & Logging
• Troubleshooting