Cloud Engineer Specialist
Title: Cloud Engineer Specialist Duration: 6 months possible extension Location: Full-time on-site M-F in Mclean, VA Core Competencies - Primary Focus:Cloud Deployment & Operations: History of contributing to cloud deployments in an engineering roleService-Oriented Architecture: Deep understanding of SOA, microservices, and cloud-native application designPI Development & Security: Building and securing APIs for distributed cloud systems and identity context sharing. API integration with IAM systems.Complex System Integration: Experience integrating multiple cloud services and third-party applications in enterprise environmentsSoftware Development Lifecycle: Full SDLC experience with cloud platforms and information security applications • Deployment Experience: History of contributing to production deployments in an engineering role Core Competencies - Supporting:OAuth & Authentication: Building OAuth solutions for cloud service authentication and authorizationFederation & SSO: SAML configuration and Single Sign-On integration across cloud applicationsIAM Architecture: Understanding of Identity Lifecycle Management, Access Management, and Credential Management in cloud contextsMulti-Factor Authentication (MFA): Security integration (Duo or Microsoft Authenticator) into authentication, authorization, and SSO processesComplex Integration: Experience with complex Identity and Access Management integration and service delivery use casesIdentity Lifecycle Management: User provisioning/de-provisioningData Management: Strong knowledge in identity and access data correlation, normalization, and building cohesive identity and access data models for large enterprises. Requirements Experience:10 years in software development focused on cloud technologies and distributed systems5 years with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) in enterprise environments3 years with full SDLC for cloud/hybrid applications: requirements, design, implementation, integration, testing, and deployment automation3 years with cloud infrastructure: Kubernetes/Docker, cloud databases, application servers, networking (VPC, load balancers, API gateways), Linux, and security/data flows3 years designing and implementing cloud solutions with integrated security and IAMExperience with IAM architecture: OAuth, SSO, SAML federation, and MFA integration in cloud applications Technical Skills: mazon Web Services: EC2, EKS, ECS, KMS, S3, IAM, RDS, etc.Container Orchestration: KubernetesService Mesh: IstioPackage Management: Helm, pipIaC: Terraform, Cloud FormationDevOps Tools: Jenkins, Git, ArtifactoryDesign Patterns: Formal design patterns and industry best-practicesJava Stack: Spring / Spring Boot, JPA / Hibernate, Postgres, REST / RPC calls over HTTPScripting Languages: Groovy / Perl / Python / Ruby Soft SkillsExcellent verbal and written communication skillsSelf-motivated, driven, and creative individual DifferentiatorsWebAuthn: Nice to have:Robot / Sauce LabsSecurity: PKI, SSL / TLS, Fuzzing, etc.Scaling CI / CD systems and microservicesCode coverage analysis / static analysis toolsgile Methodologies: Scrum and other agile programming processesOverseeing / managing production web application deploymentFrontend Technologies: JavaScript / TypeScript / AngularWeb Technologies: HTML5 / Bootstrap.NET Languages: C#, VB .NET EEO "Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans."