AWS Cloud Engineer (Mid) – IaC, Security & Reliability

ECS Corporate Services; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Quantico, VA is seeking a Mid-level Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure for mission-critical applications. The role emphasizes IaC, security, and automation, with a focus on scalable, secure, and resilient environments across diverse client projects.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience, knowledge of EC2, S3, RDS, IAM and VPC, and a drive to learn and adapt in a security-forward setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on AWS cloud design and deployment.
• Experience with IaC and security best practices.
• US citizenship and active Top-Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure.
• Architect scalable, fault-tolerant AWS environments.
• Configure core services like EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC.
• Ensure security, monitoring, and patching across environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and data teams.
• Support cost optimization and reliability improvements.

Skills

AWS

IaC

Linux admin

Python

Bash

Cloud security

VPC networking

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

EC2

S3

RDS

IAM

Job description

Everforth ECS in Quantico, VA is seeking a Mid-level Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure for mission-critical applications. The role emphasizes IaC, security, and automation, with a focus on scalable, secure, and resilient environments across diverse client projects.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience, knowledge of EC2, S3, RDS, IAM and VPC, and a drive to learn and adapt in a security-forward setting.