AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Title:

AWS Cloud Engineer

Location:

Hybrid

Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI w/CI Poly (ACTIVE)

Compensation Range: $100K - $159K

Join Plus3 IT Systems! We are at the forefront of cloud computing, providing comprehensive and cutting-edge solutions across a wide array of critical domains. But we don’t stop at implementing technology; we are trusted advisors, delivering expert analysis to fully understand our clients unique challenges and objectives. Our passion is all about empowering our customers to reach their strategic goals. This mission is fueled by our exceptional teams of innovative technology practitioners, who bring deep technical skills and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

At Plus3 IT, we foster agile, collaborative processes, working hand-in-hand with our clients to ensure transparency, flexibility, and ultimately, their success in the cloud.

• Maintain, refactor, and deploy multi-account AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt across Gov Cloud and Commercial regions. To cover but not limited to patches, updates, bug fixes, outages, security exposure
• Maintain and monitor the AWS organization across Gov Cloud and Commercial and the support tools within (ie Gitlab, runners, Keycloak, CEGA routers etc)
• Ability to work with the infrastructure team to quickly remediate security concerns that have been identified by Security tools, ISSOs, or MDT
• Monitor operational health, compute runtimes, network routing (Transit Gateway, AWS Network Firewall), and perimeter rules (AWS WAF).
• Maintain and manage all admin and user guides for the operations of the system.
• Maintain centralized logging pipelines and enforce S3 Object Lock (WORM) and lifecycle policies (S3 Standard to Glacier) in a dedicated Log archive account.
• Support other teams with technical issues/questions that may arise while operating within the environment

Minimum Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship
  • Education & Experience:
    • Ph.D.: 0+ years of experience required.
    • Master's Degree: 3+ years of experience required.
    • Bachelor of Science Degree: 5+ years of experience required
    • 4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a BS degree
• Infrastructure as Code:
  Proven, practical experience coding with Terraform and exposure to Terragrunt.
• Hands‑on experience in O&M / Dev Ops operations, specifically building and maintaining Git Lab CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS and/or cloud computing

• Security + or higher
• Cloud certification from any of the major Cloud providers, AWS Preferred

• Flexible Paid Vacation
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• 100% Employer paid Health, Dental, and Vision for employees
• Professional Development/Tuition Assistance program

• A passion for working on cutting‑edge, high‑profile projects and a drive for delivering solutions
• An insatiable curiosity: you ask why, proactively exploring and sharing ideas
• A love for learning new technologies and sharing them with your team
• A keen interest in utilizing Cloud‑based and Open Source tools for problem‑solving
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with customers, vendors, and engineering teams to solve complex business problems

At Plus3 IT Systems, we believe our success is driven by the contributions of every employee. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we make employment decisions based solely on an individual’s qualifications, skills and merit, and without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

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Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate's specific blend of experience, qualifications, and performance location. Salaries or compensation for part‑time roles may be prorated or adjusted based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly…