AWS Cloud Engineer

Alexandria, United States | Posted on 07/09/2026

• Clearance Requirement TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI Poly

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, Cloud Formation, Terraform, EC2, ELB, RDS, Lambda, S3, Docker, Git, Git Lab, Bitbucket, and related automation technologies.

• 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, Cloud Formation, Terraform, EC2, ELB, RDS, Lambda, S3, and containerization.
• Configure and manage core AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, 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, Power Shell, 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 Cloud Formation, Terraform, Ansible, Git Lab, 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.

• Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 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, Cloud Formation, 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 Power Shell.
• Experience with AWS or other cloud services, including architectural design.
• Experience with deployment orchestration, automation, and security configuration management using Cloud Formation, Terraform, Ansible, Git Lab, and Bitbucket.
• Experience configuring and managing AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, KMS, AWS Config, RDS, Lambda, and ELB.
• Experience supporting patching, logging, vulnerability scanning, compliance tracking, and secure cloud operations.

• 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.

• Paid Time Off PTO):
  
  TEN (10) Paid days off & FIVE (5) Floating…