Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer

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Non-SCA, Full-time US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

FM Talent Source is an enterprise that provides business and workforce solutions to help organizations nationwide overcome business challenges. Our clients include federal, state and local government agencies, Fortune 500 Companies, and non-profit organizations. Founded in 2004, we have a strong history of providing recruitment strategies and utilizing effective project and quality management methodologies to ensure our clients success.

We are seeking one Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer for a full-time contract opportunity with FM Talent Source for one of our valued clients.

Seeking a highly capable Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to support and secure large-scale infrastructure, cloud, and platform operations across federal environments
. You will be responsible for deploying, managing, and optimizing AWS and hybrid infrastructure
, with a strong emphasis on automation, security, compliance, and mission continuity for critical workloads.

This role is ideal for someone who is hands‑on, outcomes‑driven, and comfortable collaborating across engineering, security, networking, and data teams to deliver stable, secure, and scalable infrastructure in regulated environments.

• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of AWS services—including identity, compute, storage, backups, networking, logging, and monitoring
  —using Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Deploy, configure, harden, and maintain infrastructure across AWS and hybrid environments following secure baseline standards.
• Standardize reusable IaC modules, promote best practices, and improve environment consistency across dev/test/prod.

• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and modern Dev Ops workflows using tools such as Git, Terraform, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, and Docker
  .
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and automation issues to ensure reliability, performance, and mission continuity
  .
• Implement operational visibility with logging/monitoring improvements and actionable dashboards (as applicable to your environment).

• Apply cybersecurity best practices and support zero-trust and compliance-aligned infrastructure operations (e.g.,
  NIST, CIS, ISO 27000
  ).
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to implement secure configurations, change controls, and audit-ready operational processes.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) requirements and operational readiness.
• Work closely with engineering, security, networking, and application teams to support mission needs and delivery timelines.
• Partner with data engineers and scientists to enable infrastructure needs for data pipelines and machine learning workflows
  .
• Maintain high-quality engineering documentation including SOPs
  , system diagrams, and secure configuration baselines.
• Summarize and present findings and recommendations—both written and verbal to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum SIX (6) years of hands‑on experience in AWS
  , cloud infrastructure, and/or enterprise IT operations.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and Dev Ops practices with tools such as Git, Terraform, Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, Docker.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash
  .
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices,
  zero-trust concepts
  , and compliance frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27000
  .
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g.,
  Git Hub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Kiro
  ) to…