AWS Cloud Engineer: Automation & Secure Infra

Caelum Research Corporation; North Middleton Township (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Caelum Research Corporation is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure. You will manage EC2, S3, RDS, and VPCs, configure IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch, and optimize cost and performance. Proficiency in Terraform or CloudFormation and scripting is required.

A Secret clearance is preferred for this role. The position is office-based in the United States, with opportunities to collaborate across IT teams and participate in on-call rotations to

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in AWS cloud administration, DevOps, or cloud engineering.
• Proficient with IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with IAM, VPCs, and cloud security best practices.
• Active Secret Security Clearance is listed as a requirement.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Manage AWS resources (EC2, S3, RDS, VPCs) and IAM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch.
• Automate deployments and IaC with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Optimize cost and performance and monitor security.

Skills

AWS cloud services

DevOps practices

Scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell)

Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)

Monitoring (CloudWatch/Datadog/Splunk)

Networking basics & security

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS ECS/EKS

PowerShell

Job description

Caelum Research Corporation is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain AWS infrastructure. You will manage EC2, S3, RDS, and VPCs, configure IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch, and optimize cost and performance. Proficiency in Terraform or CloudFormation and scripting is required.

A Secret clearance is preferred for this role. The position is office-based in the United States, with opportunities to collaborate across IT teams and participate in on-call rotations to