AWS Cloud Engineer — DoD TS/SCI Clearance, IaC & Automation

GCyber; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid leave and PTO growth

Parental leave

401(k) matching

Comprehensive health/dental/vision

Professional development

Commuter benefits

Parking allowance

Job summary

GCyber is hiring an AWS Cloud Engineer to support a government customer. You will design, build, and maintain secure AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and AWS services like EC2, RDS, Lambda, ELB, and S3.

You will automate deployments with IaC, create Lambda functions in Python, and script in Bash/PowerShell to streamline cloud operations and provisioning.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to maintain a CI Poly.
• BA/BS and 8-12 years of experience in Information Technology.
• IAT II Certification (Security+, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP).
• Experience with Ansible.
• Ability to create Lambda functions using Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation.
• Virtualization experience (spinning up and configuring EC2 instances).
• Experience with PowerShell.
• Prior experience with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and AWS services.
• Configure, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure via IaC, including EC2, RDS, Lambda, and S3 deployments.
• Develop and implement automation with Python, including AWS Lambda functions, plus Bash and PowerShell scripting.
• Execute cloud operations including monitoring, incident response, patching, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
• Develop and maintain technical documents, runbooks, and support Agile, CI/CD, and release management activities.

Skills

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

GitLab

AWS services

CI/CD

Security/compliance

Education

BA/BS in IT or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitLab

Docker

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

GCyber is hiring an AWS Cloud Engineer to support a government customer. You will design, build, and maintain secure AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and AWS services like EC2, RDS, Lambda, ELB, and S3.

You will automate deployments with IaC, create Lambda functions in Python, and script in Bash/PowerShell to streamline cloud operations and provisioning.