AWS Cloud Engineer II - Secure, Scalable Solutions

Modus21, LLC.; South Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Modus21, LLC, a Charleston, SC-based technology consulting firm, seeks an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, migrate, and optimize cloud environments for DoD and other clients. The role focuses on AWS, IaC, automation, and secure, resilient architectures.

You will collaborate across engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and application teams to deliver scalable solutions, define migration strategies, and develop runbooks, architecture diagrams, and SOPs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience designing, implementing, or engineering cloud-based solutions.
• Hands-on knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS) and networking.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Proficiency in Python or Bash scripting.
• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, CodePipeline).
• Strong knowledge of networking, security, and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Experience troubleshooting complex cloud and infrastructure issues.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions aligned with requirements and mission objectives.
• Support cloud migration initiatives by evaluating environments, developing migration strategies, target architectures, and migration/ orchestration plans.
• Develop and execute migration runbooks and support transition of applications and infrastructure to cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment through CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Support operation and optimization of cloud environments, including monitoring, troubleshooting, capacity, and resiliency enhancements.
• Implement cloud security controls and support DoD security/compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, and QRGs.
• Evaluate emerging AWS capabilities and recommend improvements for adoption, security, and performance.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Scripting (Python/Bash)

DevOps practices

Technical communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI / Jenkins / CodePipeline

Job description

Modus21, LLC, a Charleston, SC-based technology consulting firm, seeks an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, migrate, and optimize cloud environments for DoD and other clients. The role focuses on AWS, IaC, automation, and secure, resilient architectures.

You will collaborate across engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and application teams to deliver scalable solutions, define migration strategies, and develop runbooks, architecture diagrams, and SOPs.