Senior Cloud Developer

Come join our growing team and make a difference every day! AnaVation is seeking an experienced Senior-level Cloud Developer responsible for designing and implementing cloud service delivery models and the architectural framework to enable Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Data as a Service (DaaS). This role will drive automation using DevSecOps best practices, guide application migration to the cloud, and ensure secure, resilient, and cost-optimized cloud solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and maintain cloud service delivery models and architectural frameworks to support PaaS, IaaS, SaaS, and DaaS solutions.
• Implement automation for cloud resources following DevSecOps best practices (CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, security scanning, etc.).
• Analyze applications and workloads to determine cloud readiness and provide recommendations on migration, refactoring, and deployment strategies.
• Assess and recommend which platforms and applications can move, migrate, and/or be deployed into public, private, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Define and implement strategies for failure/recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery in the cloud.
• Drive cloud cost optimization activities, including right-sizing, licensing considerations, and usage monitoring, and provide benefit analyses of cloud, cloud-agnostic, and on-premise services.
• Design, develop, and implement cloud-native applications; migrate existing on-premises applications to cloud platforms.
• Debug and troubleshoot cloud stacks and services across multiple environments.
• Ensure high availability and uptime by designing resilient architectures and monitoring strategies.
• This position requires a Top-Secret clearance with the ability to be on-site in Washington DC with no remote option.

Required Qualifications:

Education: A bachelor’s in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related analytical, scientific, or technical discipline

Required Skills/Certs:

• 8+ years with experience major cloud service providers (i.e.: Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, or Google).
• Experience performing development and deployment activities on a private/public cloud solution or a comparable high availability environment.
• Deploying and managing infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or Azure ARMs Templates.
• Implementing and maintaining security best practices for cloud environments.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive documentation for cloud architecture, configurations, and processes
• Must be able to work full-time on-site at our customer location in Washington, DC.
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud-native application design (microservices, containers, serverless).
• Familiarity with containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) and related orchestration tools.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools for cloud environments (e.g., CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, ELK/OpenSearch).
• Knowledge of cost management tools and FinOps practices.
• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect).