AWS Cloud Engineer – Government Solutions

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); City of Albany (NY); 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 (Contact Government Services) seeks a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation for engineering, security, and operations for a large federal agency. The role requires strong AWS experience and a solid understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals, with a proven ability to design scalable, secure solutions and guide cloud migrations.

The team emphasizes growth, collaboration, and a supportive environment, offering comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• 4–7 years of professional IT experience supporting federal government agencies.
• 4+ years designing, implementing, or supporting highly distributed applications with strong architecture.
• Hands-on AWS experience required; cloud certifications encouraged.
• Experience delivering large-scale solutions that reached production state.
• Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations and cloud migration methodologies.
• Develop cloud-based solution designs and implementation plans based on customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions for maximum flexibility and security controls.
• Support development of documentation to back engineering, security, and operations processes.
• Perform business and technical analysis to aid customer decisions.
• Facilitate transition of the solution to operations and ensure ongoing reliability.

Skills

Solution design

Documentation

Business & technical analysis

Operations transition

AWS cloud fundamentals

Education

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

Tools

AWS

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation for engineering, security, and operations for a large federal agency. The role requires strong AWS experience and a solid understanding of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals, with a proven ability to design scalable, secure solutions and guide cloud migrations.

The team emphasizes growth, collaboration, and a supportive environment, offering comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional