Cloud Implementation Engineer

Job ID: 2614510

Location: Kirtland AFB, NM, US

Date Posted: 2026-07-14

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Cloud Comp Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Top_Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, secure, and operate hybrid cloud infrastructure leveraging VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS in support of U.S. Space Force missions. This position is onsite at Kirtland AFB and directly supports mission-critical ground systems and operations.

Job Duties

• Design, build, and maintain VMware Cloud Foundation, Kubernetes, and AWS hybrid cloud environments supporting Space Force operations.
• Configure, secure, and troubleshoot vSphere, NSX, vSAN, and production-grade Kubernetes clusters.
• Containerize and deploy application workloads using Docker and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct root-cause analysis, performance tuning, and reliability improvements across compute, storage, and network components.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, architecture artifacts, and recurring platform performance reports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, engineering, or related field with 9+ years of related experience; additional experience may substitute per SAIC policy.
• Active Top Secret Clearance or DOE Q clearance with SCI eligibility; able to obtain/maintain TS/SCI.
• Current Security+ (or DoD 8570 IAT II equivalent) or ability to obtain within 3 months.
• 3+ years hands-on experience designing, configuring, and troubleshooting VMware vSphere/VCF or equivalent enterprise virtualization.
• Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes and containerized workloads (Docker or similar).

Desired Skills / Experience

• Experience with VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x (SDDC Manager, NSX, vSAN) and lifecycle operations.
• AWS experience (GovCloud preferred): VPC design, IAM, EC2/EKS, hybrid integrations.
• Familiarity with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD pipelines, and Git workflows.
• Experience with monitoring/observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and modern SRE/DevOps practices.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .