AWS Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

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

Job summary

GCyber is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to support a government customer. You will design and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure, pipelines, and automation using Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.

The role requires active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly, a BA/BS in IT, and 8–12 years in IT. Proficiency in Python, Bash, PowerShell, and AWS services is essential.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
• BA/BS in IT or related field and 8–12 years IT experience.
• IAT II Certification (Security+, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP).
• Experience with Ansible and IaC using AWS CloudFormation.
• Ability to create Lambda functions using Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Configure, provision, and manage AWS infra using IaC and CloudFormation; deploy EC2 instances.
• Develop automation with Python, Bash, and PowerShell to streamline cloud ops.
• Handle monitoring, incident response, patching, and security hardening across environments.
• Produce technical docs, runbooks, and support Agile development and release activities.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

AWS CloudFormation

Python

Bash

PowerShell

GitLab

Docker

Lambda

EC2

Education

BA/BS in IT or related field

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

Python

GitLab

Docker

CloudWatch

IAM

Job description

GCyber is hiring an AWS Cloud Engineer, to support our government customer. This person should have experience with infrastructure as code environments, automating patches and system configurations, and with designing and engineering commercial cloud environments, architectures, and designs.

As the AWS Cloud Engineer, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and Amazon C2S services including EC2, RDS, Lambda, ELB, and S3.
• Configure, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including developing CloudFormation templates and using Ansible to automate deployments, configuration management, and system provisioning; spin up and configure EC2 instances to support scalable, highly available environments.
• Develop and implement automation using Python, including creating and deploying AWS Lambda functions, as well as Bash and PowerShell scripting, to streamline cloud operations, deployments, system administration, and infrastructure management.
• Execute cloud operations including monitoring, incident response, patching, vulnerability remediation, compliance, and security hardening across classified and unclassified environments while leveraging AWS services such as VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, KMS, and Config.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, test procedures, and operational runbooks while supporting Agile development, CI/CD, release management, integration, testing, and production readiness activities. Minimum Qualifications and Experience
• An active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance, with the ability to maintain a CI Poly
• BA/BS and 8-12 years of experience in Information Technology
• IAT II Certification (i.e., Security+, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP)
• Experience with Ansible
• Ability to create Lamda functions using python
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS Cloud Formation
• Virtualization experience (spinning up and configuring EC2 instances)
• Experience with PowerShell
• Prior experience with DISA and DISA's support to mission partners preferred.