AWS Cloud Engineer

SAIC; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Engineer SME to support an IT Service Management effort for USTRANSCOM. This role is part of the USTC MITS contract and provides strategic, technical, and program management guidance to modernize the command’s infrastructure, systems, and applications.

The candidate will deliver secure, scalable cloud architectures (IL5/IL6) and drive migration, automation, and security practices across cloud and on‑prem enclaves, with after‑hours support as needed.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant IT experience in cloud engineering.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• AWS Cloud Engineer Certification.
• IAT Level II certificates (Security+, CECCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP).
• CE certification for Cloud/virtualization (Azure/AWS) with Azure preference.
• Proficient in designing, building, and managing AWS cloud apps.
• Familiar with AWS GovCloud.
• Experience interacting with clients and providing cloud support.
• Proficient in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Knowledge of AWS networking, VPC, Transit Gateway.
• Scripting with PowerShell/Bash to automate tasks.
• JSON/YAML proficiency.
• Understanding of AD forests, GPOs, STIGs.
• Experience preparing technical documentation.
• Configuration and change management with government customers.
• Knowledge of ITSM tool suite.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement cloud solution architectures with focus on security, scalability, and resiliency.
• Plan, design, and manage migration, re-platforming, integration, implementation, and operation of IL5/IL6 cloud environments.
• Define, administer, and implement security processes for platform transformation.
• Ensure CSOs align with DoD cloud policies.
• Provide information for hardware/ software selections and cloud service provider choices.
• Develop and conduct testing of cloud and virtualization systems.
• Maintain expertise in cloud/virtualization tech and deployment models.
• Perform systems engineering activities from requirements to design and verification.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware/software specifications.
• Collaborate with senior managers to set strategic plans and objectives.
• Provide after-hours support during planned or emergency events.

Skills

AWS Cloud Engineering

Scripting (PowerShell/Bash)

JSON/YAML

Active Directory / GPOs

ITSM tooling experience

Networking & VPC

Education

MA/MS degree

Tools

Git

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure/AWS familiarity

Jira

Job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Engineer SME to support an IT Service Management effort for USTRANSCOM. This role is part of the USTC Managed Information Technology Services (MITS) contract, designed to provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance to facilitate the operations and modernization of the combatant command’s infrastructure, systems, and applications. Support will be provided to the USTC Command, Control, Communications & Cyber Systems Directorate (TCJ6).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on development and implementation of commercial cloud solution architectures, focusing on security, scalability, and resiliency.
• Plan, design, and manage the migration, re-platforming, integration, implementation, and operation of complex cloud IL5/IL6 environments, enabling managed shared services within the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) Environment and/or on-premises enclaves.
• Communicate, define, administer, and implement various security processes to assist with platform transformation.
• Ensure commercial cloud service offerings (CSOs) adhere to DoD Cloud Computing policies and guidelines.
• Provide detailed information for hardware and software selection, cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, application data migration techniques, and tools to meet business needs efficiently, including present and future capacity requirements.
• Develop and conduct testing of cloud and virtualization systems.
• Maintain technical expertise relevant to industry standards in cloud computing and virtualization technologies such as cloud service provider architecture, design, configuration, deployment models (public, community, private, hybrid), and service delivery models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Evaluate and report on new cloud and virtualization technologies to enhance the capabilities of cloud-based and virtualized services.
• Perform systems engineering activities including Concept of Operations formulation, requirements definition, analysis and engineering, system architecting, system analysis and design, interface and data architectures, validation and verification, system integration, system operational performance analysis, lifecycle cost analysis estimation, decision analysis, and physical configuration analysis (PCA).
• Conduct functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Participate with senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives.
• Provide recommendations and make decisions on administrative or project work matters to ensure effective achievement of program, project, or organizational objectives.
• Act as the organization's spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs. Advise management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.
• Provide after-hours and weekend support during planned or emergency events as required.

**Potential sign-on bonus included.**

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 9 years or more of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• AWS Cloud Engineer Certification.
• At least one of the following IAT Level II certifications: Security+, CECCNA-Security, CySA+ **, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP.
• Computing Environment (CE) certification or certificate for the technical area of responsibility for Cloud or virtualization (e.g., Azure, AWS, Oracle, IBM), with a preference for Azure.
• Proficient in designing, building, and managing cloud-based applications and services using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Familiarity and experience with AWS service offerings in AWS GovCloud.
• Experience in interacting with clients, providing cloud support, and making recommendations based on client needs.
• Proficient knowledge of Redhat Enterprise Linux operating system and command line administration.
• In-depth understanding of and experience with AWS, networking, VPC, and Transit Gateway.
• Powershell/bash scripting experience to create and integrate automation/scripts.
• Proficiency in JSON/YAML.
• Understanding of Active Directory forests, Group Policies, STIGs, and other enclave domain components.
• Experience preparing technical documentation.
• Configuration and change management experience working directly with/for a government customer.
• Knowledge of an IT Service Management (ITSM) tool suite.

Desired Qualifications:

• MA/MS degree.
• Fifteen (15) or more years of relevant experience.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience with Zero Trust Architectures.
• Experience with AWS Workspaces or deploying VDI solutions to AWS Cloud.
• Fluency in multiple scripting languages.
• Experience with AWS monitoring and alerting tools such as CloudTrail and CloudWatch.
• Familiarity with tools like Git, YAML, and AWS security capabilities (WAF, GuardDuty, Security Groups, IAM).
• In-depth understanding of AWS, networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, SQL, and storage.
• Demonstrated knowledge in creating and executing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with deployment orchestration, automation, and security configuration management (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform).
• ITIL V4 Foundations Certification.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.