AWS Cloud Engineer – TS/SCI Clearance | IaC & CI/CD

cyber; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days of Paid Leave

Annual PTO Increase

Paid Parental Leave

Military/Jury/Bereavement Leave

401(k) Matching

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

Professional Development Plans

Commuter Benefits Plan

Parking and Transportation Allowance

Job summary

GCyber is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to design and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for a government customer. You will work with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and AWS services including EC2, RDS, Lambda, ELB, and S3.

You will automate deployments with Python, create Lambda functions, and strengthen security across classified and unclassified environments while following Agile practices.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly ability.
• 8–12 years of experience in Information Technology.
• Experience with Ansible and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience creating Lambda functions using Python; PowerShell skills a plus.
• Familiarity with DISA requirements and secure cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provision infrastructure with IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Develop automation using Python for Lambda functions and deployment workflows.
• Perform monitoring, patching, vulnerability remediation, and security hardening.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, and support Agile development and release activities.

Skills

Ansible

Python

Lambda

Terraform

GitLab

Docker

PowerShell

Education

BA/BS in IT

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, ELB)

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

Docker

PowerShell

Job description

GCyber is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to design and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for a government customer. You will work with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and AWS services including EC2, RDS, Lambda, ELB, and S3.

You will automate deployments with Python, create Lambda functions, and strengthen security across classified and unclassified environments while following Agile practices.