Cloud Transformation Engineer, CNO Development Environments - Fully Cleared
Make an Impact Where It Matters Most
At Intelliforce, our engineers sit at the center of mission, scale, and trust. This role anchors our cloud, DevOps, and systems engineering core competencies and supports one of the most meaningful modernization efforts underway. You will help move critical CNO development environments from legacy infrastructure into a secure, cloud-native backbone while operations continue uninterrupted. Your work directly improves how mission teams build, test, and collaborate, shaping the future of CNO development and national defense outcomes.
Schedule and Work Details
Location: Emerson
Schedule: Full-time, mission-aligned hours
Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (required)
Here’s What Your Day-to-Day Might Include
You lead cloud architecture strategy for CNO development environments, defining the roadmap and reusable patterns that enable teams to adopt cloud solutions where they deliver clear value. You design high-ROI pilot efforts and create “easy button” templates that accelerate adoption while preserving hybrid flexibility for on-prem systems. You architect end-to-end solutions for complex CNE services, including large-scale storage migrations, legacy-to-cloud integration patterns, and secure performance improvements. You assess existing infrastructure, document dependencies, evaluate mission impact, and help prioritize modernization based on risk, cost, and user pain points. You partner closely with AWS Professional Services and mission stakeholders, validating architectures and ensuring solutions meet the realities of CNE development, testing, and collaboration. You modernize workflows and developer experiences, from unified authentication to large dataset access, with a constant focus on making CNO the best place at the agency to build software.
Minimum Qualifications
Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (required).
Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline is required. Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree. Twelve or more years of experience designing, operating, or modernizing complex enterprise systems in mission-critical environments.
Required Skills
Deep systems engineering expertise across legacy and modern enterprise environments. Proven production experience architecting and deploying AWS cloud solutions. Strong understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, security controls, and cost tradeoffs. Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure modernization and incremental migration strategies. Ability to evaluate technical debt, build prioritization frameworks, and articulate ROI to leadership. Strong technical communication skills across developers, security teams, consultants, and executives. Working knowledge of agency-specific cloud migration constraints, including ATO processes and WANDS environments. A service-oriented, collaborative mindset with the ability to deliver iteratively in ambiguous problem spaces.
Desired Skills
Experience supporting CNO missions or operating in high-side environments. Prior CNO development experience. Familiarity with enclave architectures and restricted environments. Experience with cloud cost optimization, FinOps practices, and resource right-sizing.
Technology Stack
This role spans AWS cloud services, hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure, secure networking and identity systems, large-scale storage platforms, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code tooling, authentication and SSO solutions, and legacy CNE development platforms operating within restricted environments.
Compensation Range: $171,000.00 - $226,000.00
*The salary range provided reflects an estimate based on current market trends and may be adjusted based on factors such as the candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications. The final offer will be tailored after a thorough evaluation of the candidate’s background and suitability for the role. Please note that this range is intended as a guideline and is subject to flexibility.
Why Intelliforce? Because you matter—your work, your growth, and your well-being.
At Intelliforce, we don’t just push the boundaries of technology—we partner with some of the most mission-driven teams in defense and beyond to solve challenges that truly matter. As a Systems Engineer here, you won’t just contribute to projects—you’ll help shape outcomes that make a real-world impact.
We also know that great work starts with a great environment. That’s why we invest in you:
Ample PTO to rest and recharge—plus all federal holidays and your birthday off, just because.
Multiple medical plan options, including ones with zero deductible or premium for employees.
Generous 401(k) with immediate vesting—because your future matters now.
Exciting bonus opportunities, from profit sharing to quarterly awards and President’s Club recognition.
A culture of collaboration, connection, and fun, with regular team activities that go beyond the work.
Ready to grow with purpose?
At Intelliforce, your career will flourish in a place where innovation thrives and people come first. Join us—and let’s build something meaningful together. You can reach us at [email protected] or schedule a call with our Director of Recruitment, just visit this link to view their calendar: https://calendly.com/amwolfe-intelliforce-itsg/30min .
Equal Opportunity Matters
Intelliforce-IT Solutions Group, LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
Need accommodations during the application process? We’re happy to help. Reach out to us at [email protected] with your specific request.

