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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