Cloud Engineer – Junior at ASM Research
Fairfax, VA
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Jul 6, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level cloud infrastructure role supporting provisioning, automation, and security across major commercial cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure in a federal client environment. Day-to-day work spans Infrastructure as Code, basic networking configuration, IAM and access control, monitoring, cost management, and documentation — all carried out under senior engineer guidance. Suits candidates with 1–3 years of relevant experience who can obtain a Secret clearance and meet DoD 8140 requirements.
Junior level · 1+ years · Remote · Secret clearance
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is genuinely ambiguous between Software Developers (15-1252) and Network and Computer Systems Administrators (15-1244). The IaC/automation emphasis (Terraform, ARM templates) and cloud provisioning work lean toward 15-1252, but the heavy focus on infrastructure operations, monitoring, networking configuration, and runbook documentation also fits 15-1244. 15-1252 was chosen as primary given the explicit IaC development and automation responsibilities.
US citizenship is explicitly required to support federal client and clearance requirements.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so no formal degree is hard-gated.
The 1–3 year experience range is stated as 'typically,' so 1 year is used as the minimum.
Cloud foundational certifications (AWS Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals), scripting (Python/Bash), Docker, and federal/enterprise IT experience all appear under Preferred Qualifications.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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