Junior Cloud Engineer at ManTech in USA-VA-Springfield

Job description

• MANTECH is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Junior Cloud Engineer to join our team in Springfield, VA.

Responsibilities

• Serve our Microsoft Azure customers in executing project tasks/activities, supervising work completion, perform quality reviews, and report progress.
• Work with a team to deliver Systems Engineering and Systems Administration for Azure, ITSM, Sentris and Sentris-integrated solutions.
• Assist with technical design and implementation using Agile methodologies such as a Scrum team. Plan, schedule, and update program activities in MS Project, ADO, etc.
• Identify high-risk areas and present recommendations to management. Build and maintain influential relationships with key client personnel.
• Coordinate root-cause analysis for complex technical errors within Azure and integrated environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 1 year of related technical experience. An additional 2 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Demonstrated knowledge of System Engineering Lifecycle phases, Sentris, and Microsoft Azure.
• Proven ability to systematically diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure, cloud, and application-level technical errors under tight timelines.
• Position requires compliance with DoD 8140.03 (Cybersecurity Workforce Management Program). The applicant must possess, or be able to obtain within 6 months of hire, an approved baseline credential matching the required DoD 8140 Work Role System Administrator (451).
• Ability to analyze KPI and SLA data and provide insight or causation to variance or poor performance.
• Candidate must have a current/active Top Secret / SCI clearance
• Experience implementing AI-driven services or API-integrated cloud solutions (e.g., Azure OpenAI, RESTful APIs, or API management tools).
• Experience with Incident Management frameworks (such as ITIL) to handle SLA-driven ticketing, escalation paths, and zero-day technical errors.
• Experience identifying and performing schedule risk analysis.
• Experience establishing/maintaining schedule templates, processes, and procedures

Skills

Required

• Microsoft Azure
• System Engineering Lifecycle
• Sentris
• DoD 8140.03 compliance
• KPI and SLA analysis

Preferred

• AI-driven services
• API-integrated cloud solutions
• Azure OpenAI
• RESTful APIs
• API management tools
• Incident Management frameworks (ITIL)
• Schedule risk analysis

Benefits

• The projected compensation range for this position is $85,000.00-$141,600.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECH’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.