Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design build and maintain cloud-native solutions on AWS with emphasis on scalability security and automation.
• Implement and manage Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS including cluster configuration scaling and maintenance.
• Develop serverless solutions using AWS Lambda API Gateway and event-driven architectures.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated deployments and infrastructure changes.
• Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for provisioning and managing AWS resources.
• Configure and manage VPC networking including subnets security groups NACLs and routing.
• Implement and enforce IAM policies roles and permission boundaries following least-privilege principles.
• Manage S3 storage solutions including lifecycle policies versioning encryption and cross-account access.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure health and respond to operational incidents and alerts.
• Collaborate with architecture and security teams to implement compliant and optimized cloud solutions.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7 years of hands-on experience designing implementing and supporting cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Strong proficiency with Amazon EKS Lambda S3 IAM API Gateway and VPC networking.
• Extensive experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation and state management.
• Proficiency with GitHub Actions for building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices including IAM KMS and encryption at rest/in transit.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana).
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate preferred.
• Familiarity with federal compliance requirements (FedRAMP FISMA) preferred.
• Knowledge of tax-processing or large-scale government data platforms highly preferred.