Cloud Network Engineer

Applied Information Sciences • Boston, MA

18h • $89,000 - $134,000

About The Position

Why AIS? When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements. Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth. Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued. Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities. What are we looking for? At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles. Working@AIS At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Infrastructure Engineer.
As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Cloud Network Engineer.

Project Summary AIS is supporting federal customer with a program focused on architecture and infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
• 4+ years of experience supporting cloud and/or enterprise network infrastructure in a production environment.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, or supporting cloud-based networking solutions (e.g., VPC/VNet design, routing, firewalls, load balancing, hybrid connectivity).
• Active Secret clearance or higher is required.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+, CCNA Security, or equivalent).
• One or more active cloud certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), with experience operating in regulated or federal environments.
• Manages routing/switching and network security, multi‑OS environments, virtualization (e.g., VMware/Hyper‑V), core cloud services, and release of IaC via pipelines
• Automates common admin tasks
• Plans and executes upgrades/migrations, configures network devices and services, responds to incidents, monitors performance, and manages resources
• Implements proactive monitoring, produces accurate documentation, improves processes, and works independently within project scope
• Partners with peer teams, shares knowledge, coordinates changes, reports progress, and supports/train users
• Advises internal teams on solutions and tools, evaluates technologies, recommends optimizations, and coordinates vendor support

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting DoD/IC programs and mission systems.

Responsibilities

• Supports the operation of the cloud backbone for network communications systems.
• Provides specifications and detailed schematics for cloud network architectures.
• Administer, monitor, install, maintain, and troubleshoot a wide range of systems.
• Conducts testing of network design.
• Maintains technical expertise in all areas of network and computer hardware and software, virtual appliances, interconnection and interfacing, such as routers, firewalls, switches, gateways, etc.

Benefits

• Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level