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Cloud Engineer
Gro*** · McLean, VA, United States
McLean, VA, United StatesExp: 4+ yrs88,177-171,637 USD/yearlyRemote
Remuneration
88,177-171,637 USD/yearly
Location
McLean, VA, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
The Cloud Engineer role is responsible for building and operating secure, resilient cloud capabilities for a mission-focused platform. Key responsibilities include designing and deploying AWS cloud infrastructure, managing containerized services with Kubernetes, and developing Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD workflows to ensure reliable and maintainable systems.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems in AWS
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container ecosystems
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Github Actions, or AWS CodePipeline
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable tooling
- Working knowledge of AWS networking
- Experience implementing cloud security controls
- Ability to diagnose distributed-system failures
- Self-starter who can work independently while collaborating effectively
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, and deploy AWS cloud infrastructure and application services
- Build and operate containerized services using Kubernetes
- Develop repeatable Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD workflows
- Integrate data and application services across APIs
- Apply cloud security practices
- Instrument services and infrastructure for health, performance, and operational insight
- Partner with architects, software engineers, data specialists, security teams, and customer stakeholders
- Produce clear architecture notes, runbooks, deployment guidance, and other maintainable documentation
Skills
AWSAWS KMSCloudFormationCloudWatchDockerEKSEventBridgeGitHubGitHub ActionsGitLabGitLab CIIAMJenkinsKafkaKubernetesAWS LambdaAmazon MSKOracle CloudS3Secrets ManagerSNSSQSTerraform
Certifications
AWS certification, such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Spe
Degrees
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceSoftware EngineeringCloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Security clearance
Public Trust Clearance
Relocation
No