Cloud Engineer

The Opportunity

CACI is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to design, build, automate, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure and services. This role will focus on cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, operational reliability, and security best practices. The ideal candidate brings deep AWS expertise and hands‑on experience using Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS following security, scalability, and reliability best practices.
• Build and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and maintain infrastructure version control practices.
• Implement CI/CD workflows for infrastructure deployment and automation.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Support migration, modernization, and cloud adoption initiatives.
• Collaborate with application, security, and Dev Ops teams to deliver secure and resilient solutions.
• Automate operational tasks and reduce manual infrastructure management.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Establish and maintain cloud governance and infrastructure standards.

Required:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or related roles.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Cloud Watch, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Route 53, and load balancing (ALB/NLB).
• Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Experience writing modular, maintainable Terraform code.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Azure Dev Ops, or similar.
• Proficiency with Linux administration and networking concepts.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability practices.
• Understanding of security principles and cloud compliance requirements.

Desired:

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer, Sys Ops Administrator).
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Experience with containerization (Docker).
• Experience with Python, Bash, or other scripting languages.
• Exposure to Fin Ops and cloud cost management.
• Experience supporting production environments with uptime and incident response expectations.

The proposed salary range for this position is: $90,300-$189,600.

CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.