AWS Cloud Engineer for Federal Systems

CGS Federal; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support the development of documentation for engineering, security, and operations for a large federal agency. The role emphasizes cloud SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals and scalable, secure solutions.

You will design architecture, help transition to operations, and collaborate with teams to ensure availability and compliance. The position offers growth opportunities and a competitive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years IT experience supporting federal agencies.
• 4+ years designing, implementing or supporting distributed apps.
• Hands-on AWS experience; cloud architecture background.
• Experience delivering large-scale, production-ready solutions.
• Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations and cloud migration methods.
• AWS or Cloud Architect certification or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions with flexibility, scalability and security controls.
• Support documentation for engineering, security and operations.
• Perform business and technical analyses to aid customer decisions.
• Facilitate transition of the solution to operations and ongoing support.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Distributed applications

Security controls

Operational transition

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

AWS

Job description

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support the development of documentation for engineering, security, and operations for a large federal agency. The role emphasizes cloud SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals and scalable, secure solutions.

You will design architecture, help transition to operations, and collaborate with teams to ensure availability and compliance. The position offers growth opportunities and a competitive benefits package.