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AWS Cloud Engineer
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Posted:
10 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
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Application Deadline:
7 October 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to support continuous development continuous integration cloud infrastructure engineering deployment automation release management and operational support within a mission-focused DoD environment. This role will support both unclassified and classified infrastructure including on-premise and cloud environments with a focus on Amazon C2S-enabled architecture infrastructure as code automation monitoring testing and secure cloud operations.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience designing building maintaining and improving AWS cloud environments using tools such as Ansible CloudFormation Terraform EC2 ELB RDS Lambda S3 Docker Git GitLab Bitbucket and related automation technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide CI/CD support including operational engineering integration release management implementation migration training and knowledge transfer.
- Design build and maintain Amazon C2S-enabled cloud capabilities using Ansible CloudFormation Terraform EC2 ELB RDS Lambda S3 and containerization.
- Configure and manage core AWS services including EC2 VPC IAM S3 CloudWatch CloudTrail KMS AWS Config RDS Lambda and ELB.
- Improve reliability and availability through monitoring alerting incident response and continual service improvement.
- Automate deployments and operational tasks using Python Bash PowerShell and other automation methods.
- Develop automation to reduce manual operations including provisioning patching backups scaling and routine maintenance.
- Support deployment orchestration and security configuration management using CloudFormation Terraform Ansible GitLab and Bitbucket.
- Manage and improve integration/testing environments across unclassified and classified infrastructure both on-premise and cloud-based before production deployment.
- Document automated testing approaches including integration regression and acceptance testing tools and processes.
- Maintain technical documentation support patching/logging/vulnerability scanning/compliance tracking and participate in release management and Agile/Jira ceremonies.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Bachelors degree with 812 years of Information Technology experience.
- 4 years of hands-on experience with AWS Cloud technologies and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
- 4 years of experience implementing Amazon C2S-enabled architectures and tools including Ansible CloudFormation Terraform JMeter EC2 ELB RDS Lambda Docker Git and S3.
- 4 years of experience building end-to-end AWS solutions using object-oriented programming and AWS SDKs.
- Experience with scripting/programming languages such as Python Ruby Java PHP Bash or PowerShell.
- Experience with AWS or other cloud services including architectural design.
- Experience with deployment orchestration automation and security configuration management using CloudFormation Terraform Ansible GitLab and Bitbucket.
- Experience configuring and managing AWS services including EC2 VPC IAM S3 CloudWatch CloudTrail KMS AWS Config RDS Lambda and ELB.
- Experience supporting patching logging vulnerability scanning compliance tracking and secure cloud operations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience supporting DISA DISA mission partners classified cloud environments or Citrix VDI/VDA.
- Experience with Agile/Jira environments cloud security compliance release management and production deployment support.
Benefits
Core Benefits:
- Paid Time Off PTO):TEN (10) Paid days off & FIVE (5) Floating days off.
- Holidays: 11 Paid Holidays. Flex time can be utilized instead of holiday time usage.
- Payroll: Paid Bi-Monthly.
- 401(k): Partnered with the SECOND LARGEST Retirement plan provider in the U.S. Guaranteed 3% match. Eligibility 21 years of age or older after 3 months of employment
- Individual or company-wide performance and recognition awards (Quarterly)
Health Benefits:
- UNITED HEALTHCARE PPO extensive national coverage.
- INCLUDES: Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA.
- Eligible on the first of the month immediately after the start date.
- Submit the enrollment form within 30 days of your start date otherwise you will have to wait until October for the new year enrollment.
Quality of Life Benefits:
- Training & Career Development Reimbursement of Tuition and training needed to support career development.
- $150 monthly reimbursement contribution paid monthly towards parking expenses.
- Receipts must be submitted by the close of business on the 25th of each month.
- Reimbursements will be paid on the first payroll AFTER reimbursements are submitted each month.
Special Benefits:
- Performance bonus Project-based
- Yearly bonus Company based
Required Skills:
AWS Cloud Engineering Amazon C2S Architecture Infrastructure as Code Terraform CloudFormation Ansible EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Lambda ELB CloudWatch CloudTrail KMS AWS Config Docker / Containerization Git GitLab Bitbucket Python Bash PowerShell AWS SDK JMeter CI/CD and deployment automation Release management Patching logging vulnerability scanning and compliance tracking Agile / Jira
Required Education:
BA/BS and 8-12 years of experience in Information Technology.
