AWS Cloud Engineer

Peraton; Belcamp (MD); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a motivated AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team remotely, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability of cloud platforms supporting data-driven decision-making.

You will provide day-to-day customer application support, maintain infrastructure, monitor systems, resolve incidents, and implement automation to improve operational efficiency. Collaboration with data engineers and cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher with the specified experience requirements.
• Deep experience with AWS architecture, networking and security.
• Experience with IaC and Terraform.
• Experience designing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and SaaS logs.
• Strong scripting in Python and Bash; Ansible a plus.
• Cloud engineering processes using automation tooling for AWS workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and GitLab CI.
• Guide ADTs on cloud solution patterns, deployment strategies, and architecture decisions.
• Own automation end-to-end from IaC authorship to pipeline design to production operations.
• Participate in on-call rotation and contribute to observability practices.
• Provide technical support to AWS and managed service users.
• Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor AWS environments, identify performance issues, and troubleshoot incidents.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infra teams to improve reliability and follow AWS best practices.
• Maintain configuration documentation, diagrams and SOPs for all environments.
• Perform backups, upgrades and maintenance during maintenance windows.
• Monitor for security vulnerabilities and perform ad-hoc upgrades as required.
• Support audit activities by providing logs, reports, and system configurations.
• Manage and support AWS IAM, including roles, policies, permissions, and access controls.

Skills

AWS architecture

Networking (VPCs, routing)

Security (IAM, encryption)

Serverless/microservice architectures

Containerization (ECS, Docker, Kubern\

Education

Bachelor's degree with 8 years experience

Master's degree with 6 years experience

High School diploma or equivalent with 12 years experience

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI

ECS

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

Grafana

Ansible

PowerShell

Bash

JavaScript/Node.js

Job description

Basic Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
• Must be willing to undergo a pre-employment credit check as required by the Customer.
• Bachelors Degree and 8 years of experience; a Masters Degree and 6 years of experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of AWS architecture, networking (e.g., VPCs, routing), security (e.g., IAM & Resource Policies, encryption ), serverless/microservice architectures, and containerization (e.g., ECS, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IAC), specifically utilizing advanced Terraform skills
• Proven experience designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines, including reusable/shared components for enterprise-scale delivery
• Hands-on experience monitoring, analyzing, and troubleshooting SaaS application logs
• Strong scripting skills Python and Bash, Ansible experience is plus
• Proficient in configuration management, observability (CloudWatch, Grafana), reliability, and disaster recovery practices. Proficient in the design, development, build, deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance cloud engineering processes using automation tooling (e.g.,Terraform, Python, GitLab CI) for AWS workloads
• Strong Git proficiency, including common branching/release strategies (GitFlow, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Runners, as well as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation
• Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or JavaScript/Node.js or other scripting languages to automate, troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and resolving high-priority incidents in large, multi-tenant environments.
• Exemplary communication, analytical skills, and technical knowledge across the client environment.
• Experience working in an Agile environment

Peraton is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented AWS Cloud Engineer to join our Team, becoming responsible for ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of critical platforms that support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

This person will provide day-to-day customer application support, maintain infrastructure, monitor systems, resolve incidents, while implementing automation to improve operational efficiency. They will also collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and other cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues and deliver secure, scalable solutions.

This role requires strong AWS DevOps expertise, application support experience, problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach to optimizing our analytics infrastructure.

Work Location: This is a remote position

What You Will Do:

• Design and build AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI)
• Guide ADTs on cloud solution patterns, deployment strategies, and architecture decisions; able to influence design choices and align stakeholders
• Own automation end-to-end; from IaC authorship to pipeline design to production operations
• Participate in on-call rotation and contribute to observability/monitoring practices
• Provide technical support and guidance to AWS and managed service users
• Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor AWS environments, identify performance or availability issues, and troubleshoot and resolve incidents.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to implement cloud solutions, improve reliability, and follow AWS best practices.
• Maintain configuration documentation, diagrams and SOP's for all environments
• Perform backups, regularly scheduled upgrades and maintenance activities during the maintenance window
• Monitor for security vulnerabilities and perform ad-hoc upgrades and maintenance as required
• Support audit activities by providing logs, reports, and system configurations
• Manage and support AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including roles, policies, permissions, and access controls, to maintain secure and compliant cloud environments.