AWS Cloud Exploitation & Security Engineer

Devopsroles; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking a Cloud/DevOps Exploitation Specialist to build and secure AWS environments, leveraging Terraform and Ansible in a continuous assessment capacity. You will validate cloud identity paths, supply-chain weaknesses, and CI/CD exploitation scenarios within approved scope.

This hands-on role supports federal cyber asset testing and the CDM program, focusing on repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure and secure operational tooling.

Qualifications

• Five+ years in cloud/DevOps or DevSecOps roles with hands-on AWS.
• Advanced practical use of Terraform and Ansible in production.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, KMS, CloudTrail and container services.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain AWS network, IAM, compute, storage, and logging.
• Operate IaC versioning, secrets management, and change auditing processes.
• Build CI/CD pipelines for deployment of assessment infrastructure.
• Assess configurations for exploitable weaknesses and validate attack paths.
• Develop automation in Python, Bash, or PowerShell; document runbooks.

Skills

Cloud experience

DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Scripting

Git

Tools

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS ECR

Job description

CACI is seeking a Cloud/DevOps Exploitation Specialist to build and secure AWS environments, leveraging Terraform and Ansible in a continuous assessment capacity. You will validate cloud identity paths, supply-chain weaknesses, and CI/CD exploitation scenarios within approved scope.

This hands-on role supports federal cyber asset testing and the CDM program, focusing on repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure and secure operational tooling.