Cloud Software Engineer 2

At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.

The Cloud Software Engineer Level 2 Engineer provides cloud software research, development, and engineering services to include requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, sustainment, testing, validation, and issue diagnosis/resolution.

Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Capabilities

• Design and implement resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud-native architectures.
• Develop and maintain robust RESTful APIs and microservices using Java (Spring Boot) or Python.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using Docker, emphasizing optimized image layering, security,
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources.
• Create interactive, data-driven dashboards and visualization tools using modern front-end frameworks such as React or Solid.
• Orchestrate complex services within a Kubernetes environment, managing deployments, ingress controllers, service meshes, and stateful workloads.
• Design and implement distributed data pipelines to ingest, process, and store high-volume data efficiently.
• Ensure seamless data flow between cloud storage, microservices, and application layers while maintaining high availability.
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable software delivery.
• Implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit, integration, and cloud-readiness tests.
• Monitor system health and performance, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks in production environments.
• Partner with data architects, DevOps teams, and product managers to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Produce clear documentation of architectural patterns, deployment workflows, and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

• TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly
• Five (5) or more years of directly related software engineering or cloud development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is highly desired and may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in Java (Spring Boot) or Python.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Solid understanding of web application frameworks and microservice architectures.
• Proven experience building and managing data processing pipelines.

Excellent analytical, communication, and collaboration skills.

Required Certifications

• AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Elastic Certified Engineer

Desired Technical Skills

• Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals, including Pods, Services, Namespaces, and resource management.
• Experience with Kubernetes Operators and Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs).
• Familiarity with distributed streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) and graph databases (e.g., Neo4j).
• Expertise in cloud monitoring and observability tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK stack.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with big data processing frameworks, such as Apache Spark, is a plus.