Top Secret Cloud Developer

NWTS Recruiting Top Secret Cloud Developer (Cyber Operations Environment)
Location: Huntsville Alabama (100% onsite)
Clearance Required: Active Top Secret (must be eligible to sit for CI Polygraph)
Salary: $100000 $170000 full benefits relocation assistance

Northwest Talent Solutions (NWTS) is recruiting on behalf of a long-standing federal cyber program supporting a large enterprise SOC environment. This is not a commercial cloud position this is a mission-focused engineering role where your work directly supports national security operations and secure cyber infrastructure.

We are seeking a Cloud Developer / DevSecOps Engineer who understands how to build secure and maintain cloud platforms inside classified environments.

What Youll Do:

You will help design and operate secure cloud platforms used for cyber defense and enterprise operations.

You will:

• Develop secure cloud service delivery models (IaaS PaaS SaaS DaaS)

• Build and automate AWS cloud infrastructure using DevSecOps practices

• Migrate on-prem applications into cloud environments

• Implement infrastructure automation and configuration management

• Harden systems and enforce security policies in classified networks

• Debug cloud stacks and optimize performance and cost

• Design availability redundancy and recovery strategies

• Support secure platform uptime and monitoring in a SOC environment

• Analyze existing applications and recommend cloud transition strategies

This is a hands-on engineering role you will be building scripting automating and troubleshooting daily.

Required Background:

• Active Top Secret clearance (required)

• Ability to obtain a CI Poly

• Bachelors degree

• 5 years software development or cloud engineering experience

• Linux administration (RHEL/CentOS environments)

• Experience supporting cybersecurity systems or secure enterprise environments

• Experience developing or maintaining software utilities or applications in secure environments

Strongly Preferred:

• AWS cloud experience (EC2 IAM VPC networking monitoring)

• DevSecOps automation (Terraform Ansible scripting CI/CD)

• Python or Bash scripting

• Splunk or enterprise logging platforms

• SQL/Oracle data platforms

• Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

• Certifications such as RHCSA or AWS

Why This Role Is Different:

This is not a ticket-driven support position or commercial startup cloud job.

You will be:

• Working in a classified cyber environment

• Supporting real operational security infrastructure

• Building secure platforms used for defensive operations

• Collaborating with cyber analysts engineers and security teams

If youve wanted your engineering work to have real-world operational impact this is that opportunity.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary ($100K$170K)

• Relocation assistance available

• Comprehensive medical dental vision

• 401(k) with match

• Paid time off and holidays

• Long-term program stability

Important Notes:

• U.S. Citizenship required

• No visa sponsorship

• 100% onsite in Huntsville AL

• Must already hold an active Top Secret clearance

If youre a cleared engineer who enjoys solving infrastructure problems automating systems and building secure cloud platforms we want to speak with you.

Apply directly or contact NWTS for a confidential conversation.

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