AWS Cloud Engineer - Federal IT & Cloud Solutions

CGS Federal; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 99,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation, engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The role emphasizes designing scalable, secure cloud solutions and transitioning them into production.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of distributed systems experience, strong AWS hands-on expertise, and a foundation in SaaS/PaaS/IaaS. CGS offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
• 4+ years design, implementation and/or support of highly distributed applications.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (Required) or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience.
• Experience in Cloud computing, Networking, Storage, and Identity Management; AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain certification).
• Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations and migration methodologies for cloud migration.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions that ensure maximum flexibility and scalability, while meeting all required security controls.
• Support the development of documentation necessary to support engineering, security, and operational processes.
• Perform business and technical alternative analysis to aid customer decisions.
• Facilitate the transition of the solution to operations, ensuring ongoing operation within boundaries.
• Strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals with experience designing and implementing solutions.

Skills

AWS

Cloud computing fundamentals

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

CGS (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation, engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The role emphasizes designing scalable, secure cloud solutions and transitioning them into production.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of distributed systems experience, strong AWS hands-on expertise, and a foundation in SaaS/PaaS/IaaS. CGS offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.