AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 113,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Transit/Commuter Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks a Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to manage large-scale AWS and hybrid infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and compliance across federal environments. You will automate provisioning, deploy hardened infrastructure, and enhance CI/CD workflows while ensuring mission continuity.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in AWS infra, Terraform expertise, and strong scripting in Python/Bash, plus experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and CodePipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of equivalent experience.
• 6+ years hands-on AWS/cloud infra operations.
• Strong Terraform experience for AWS infra automation.
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines with Git, Terraform, Jenkins, CodePipeline, Docker.
• Strong scripting in Python and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of AWS services using IaC tools.
• Deploy, configure, harden, and maintain AWS and hybrid infra per secure baselines.
• Standardize reusable IaC modules and improve env consistency across dev/test/prod.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.
• Implement logging/monitoring and dashboards for operational visibility.
• Apply cybersecurity best practices and support zero-trust/compliance.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Git

Jenkins

CodePipeline

Docker

Python

Bash

Zero-trust

NIST/CIS/ISO27000

Security

Collaboration

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Jenkins

Git

AWS CodePipeline

Docker

Databricks/AWS Lake Formation/Glue/Athena

CloudWatch/Splunk

Job description

Guidehouse seeks a Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer to manage large-scale AWS and hybrid infrastructure with a focus on automation, security, and compliance across federal environments. You will automate provisioning, deploy hardened infrastructure, and enhance CI/CD workflows while ensuring mission continuity.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in AWS infra, Terraform expertise, and strong scripting in Python/Bash, plus experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins and CodePipeline.