AWS Cloud Engineer: Scalable, Secure Gov IT

CGS Federal; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support the development of documentation and the engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong cloud capabilities across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS and a track record of designing scalable, secure solutions.

As part of the Information Technology team, you will design, implement, and document cloud-based architectures, facilitate a smooth transition to operations, and work with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years IT experience supporting federal government agencies.
• 4+ years designing/implementing highly distributed applications.
• Hands-on AWS experience (Required).
• Experience delivering large-scale solutions in production.
• Cloud fundamentals across SaaS, PaaS, IaaS; develop base designs.
• Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations for cloud migration.
• AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Design solutions with maximum flexibility, scalability, and security controls.
• Support development of documentation for engineering, security, and operations.
• Conduct business and technical analysis to aid customer decisions.
• Facilitate transition of solutions to operations and ensure production readiness.
• Apply deep understanding of cloud computing across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS to implement solutions.

Skills

AWS experience

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

Security compliance

Documentation support

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support the development of documentation and the engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong cloud capabilities across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS and a track record of designing scalable, secure solutions.

As part of the Information Technology team, you will design, implement, and document cloud-based architectures, facilitate a smooth transition to operations, and work with