AWS Cloud Engineer for Federal Systems

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS seeks a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation, engineering, security, and operations for a large federal agency. The role emphasizes AWS expertise, cloud design, and secure, scalable solutions across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models.

The ideal candidate has 4–7 years of federal IT experience, a BS in a technical field, and a proven ability to translate customer needs into production-ready cloud architectures. Strong collaboration and documentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technical discipline with federal IT experience.
• 4–7 years supporting federal government IT initiatives and large-scale cloud projects.
• Experience designing and delivering production-grade cloud solutions on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions with flexibility and security controls.
• Support documentation for engineering, security, and operations processes.
• Perform business/technical analyses to aid customer decisions.
• Facilitate transition of solutions to operations and monitor ongoing performance.
• Demonstrate strong cloud fundamentals with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS expertise.

Skills

AWS (Required)

Cloud architecture

Documentation

Security controls

Operations support

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

CGS seeks a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation, engineering, security, and operations for a large federal agency. The role emphasizes AWS expertise, cloud design, and secure, scalable solutions across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models.

The ideal candidate has 4–7 years of federal IT experience, a BS in a technical field, and a proven ability to translate customer needs into production-ready cloud architectures. Strong collaboration and documentation skills are essential.