Lead Cloud Engineer at Avyanna Technologies
Bethesda, MD
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Aug 14, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Aug 18, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Lead Cloud Engineer role on a large-scale federal IT program, responsible for defining multi-cloud architecture strategy across AWS GovCloud and Azure Government, driving cloud migration programs, and enforcing engineering standards including infrastructure-as-code, security baselines, and FedRAMP compliance. The role also involves mentoring a team of cloud engineers and serving as the technical escalation point for cloud incidents. Suited to an experienced cloud architect with a federal background and active AWS or Azure architect certification.
Senior level · 10+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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The clearance requirement is a Public Trust background investigation (MBI or HBI), not a national security clearance (Secret/TS). The clearance requirement field covers only national security clearances, so this is set to None — but hiring managers should note that U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is required and candidates must be eligible for a federal Public Trust investigation.
No work location or metro area is stated in the posting. The federal program context (NIH/HHS mentioned as preferred experience) suggests a Washington DC–area placement is plausible, but this is not confirmed.
The role blends cloud architecture/IaC authorship (pointing toward Software Developers) with infrastructure operations and governance (pointing toward Network/Systems Admins). It was classified as Software Developers given the emphasis on designing and building IaC, migration programs, and architecture standards rather than purely operating existing infrastructure.
The AWS Solutions Architect Professional and Azure Solutions Architect Expert certifications are listed as an either/or hard requirement; both are captured under one skill entry with the Azure cert as an alternative.
The AWS Certified DevOps Engineer and Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert certifications appear under Preferred Qualifications and are similarly captured as a single preferred skill with the Microsoft cert as an alternative.
The title 'Lead Cloud Engineer' is treated as equivalent to Senior for advertised seniority; the 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years of cloud-focused federal experience supports a Senior classification rather than Staff, as the JD describes leading a team and program rather than setting direction across multiple teams at an organizational level.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AWS Solutions Architect Professional.
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