Senior Cloud Engineer (MDA)

Company: Mission Driven Research
Location: Huntsville
Posted on: February 15, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description MDR is looking for an amazingly multi-talented Senior Cloud Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to provide engineering support to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Production team. You will be focused on providing cloud technology expertise and guidance in evaluation of cloud architectures, designs, and implementations. Your work will involve interaction between the Government and Prime Contractors in support of MDA's M&S and integration and test programs on Amazon Web Service (AWS) and/or Microsoft Azure, and you may be asked to analyze the integration of systems engineering processes and methodologies to ensure effectiveness of this work, as well as to analyze the integration of systems engineering processes and methodologies to ensure effectiveness of this work. What You'll Be Doing: Develop and review Framework Software in the Cloud (SWIC) requirements Develop and review Framework and Missile Defense System Interface Control Documents (ICD), to include Objective Simulation Framework (OSF) Ground Test Integrated System Simulation (GTISS) Lead and facilitate technical discussions and collaboration activities with both internal and external stakeholders to include Prime Contractors and the Missile Defense elements Actively participate in Framework, RepBox and CTM Program Agile Software Development Increment Planning activities Draft and review technical documents, briefings, white papers, etc. Play a role in overall functional strategic planning of Framework, RepBox and CTM Systems Engineering (SE) processes within the organization What Required Skills You'll Bring: MS degree and 12years of relevant experience Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain a Top-Secret clearance AWS Foundational and Associate level certifications and/or Azure Fundamentals and Associate level certifications Knowledge of model and simulation (M&S) development Experience in Agile and Lean software development principles Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Leaning (ML) concepts and applications Experience in software containerization development concepts and applications Experience in model and simulation requirements development Experience in model and simulation verification and validation Experience in cloud orchestration (Kubertenetes) Microsoft Office Suite proficiency What Desired Skills You'll Bring: AWS Professional and Specialty certifications and/or Azure Expert and Specialist certifications Experience in Radio Frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) signature models Experience with environmental models and environmental states and effects Experience with missile defense system (MDS) and/or threat system simulation and model testing processes Experience in Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Experience with DoD and/or MDA acquisition and systems engineering Position Requirements Clearance Required Secret Position Level Principal FT/PT Full Time Years Related Work Experience 12 Education Level Required Master's Mission Driven Research is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you are interested in applying for employment with Mission Driven Research and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, please contact us by email (hr@missiondrivenresearch.com) or by phone by calling (256) 299-9288. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. Job Posted by ApplicantPro

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