AWS Cloud Engineer

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Location:

US-VA-Arlington | Type:
Full Time W/Benefits Ret Match | Security Clearance: DHS Suitability.

The AWS Cloud Engineer is responsible for engineering optimal performance, security, and availability of the customer AWS environment. The incumbent should have technical expertise in the AWS cloud platforms, excellent problem‑solving skills, and experience providing Tier III support within a cloud infrastructure environment. The role requires an in‑depth understanding of AWS infrastructure management and the ability to work closely with IT and business stakeholders to identify and resolve technical issues related to cloud systems.

The ideal candidate should thrive in a fast‑paced environment and have a proactive learning attitude, commitment to customer service, and can‑do mindset.

This position requires onsite presence at the customer location (Arlington, VA) five (5) days per week.

• Identify and resolve incidents, service requests, and problems related to the cloud environments within agreed SLAs.
• Collaborate with IT and cloud stakeholders in providing technical support, such as incident triage, root cause analysis, and resolution.
• Design, deploy and maintain AWS and Azure infrastructure and services utilizing Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar tools.
• Implement automation to enhance cloud efficiency, performance, and security.
• Optimize the cloud architecture per customer requirements while adhering to applicable security and change management regulations and policies.
• Monitor and maintain the cloud platform infrastructure and applications, including security monitoring, disaster recovery, pricing, and cost optimization.
• Provide expertise to other teams as required for enabling cloud solutions, managing cloud applications, or developing integrations leveraging cloud services and APIs.
• Maintain and implement disaster recovery and redundancy strategies for cloud environments, ensuring reliability and data integrity.
• Support security incidents or threats, including alerts generated by cloud monitoring or threat intelligence tools, and initiate triage and remediation per procedure.

• ​Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field.
• 5‑9 years of experience in supporting AWS cloud environments.
• Strong experience with AWS infrastructure management, including EC2, RDS, S3, VPCs, security groups, etc.
• Experience with Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar infrastructure‑as‑code tools.
• Hands‑on experience with automation tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet and deploying Docker containers on Cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of security regulations and standards.
• Experience working with Agile and Dev Ops methodologies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team environment and resolve conflicts constructively.
• Advanced understanding of Linux/Unix and Power Shell scripting.
• Experience with monitoring and log aggregation tools such as Cloud Watch, Datadog, Splunk, etc.
• AWS certifications such as AWS Sys Ops Administrator Associate are an added advantage.

Must be able to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship and be able to obtain DHS CISA suitability.

• DHS EOD – 1st priority
• Any DHS badge + DoD Top Secret or Secret – 2nd choice
• DoD Top Secret + willingness to obtain DHS/CISA suitability – 3rd choice (suitability adjudication may take 10‑60 days; work can only begin once fully adjudicated)

​Entarian is an Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.