AWS Cloud Migration Engineer — DevOps & IaC Expert

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to support a federal financial customer, migrating data flows to AWS with GitLab CI/CD and Terraform IaC.

You will design, implement, and optimize secure cloud architectures, integrate legacy file transfer and MQ tools, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet mission objectives. This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain agency clearance; salary range is $86,000–$138,000 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting or integrating message file transfer tools using Axway Secure Transport SFTP/HTTPS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and execution of migrating and maintaining large complex data flows to modern cloud environments, specifically leveraging AWS cloud technologies.
• Support and enhance COTS products providing file transfer and MQ services (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect:Direct), integrating them into modern AWS architecture.
• Write clean, maintainable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud service logic using tools such as Python, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
• Develop and support infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
• Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning, and documentation of AWS environments and deployed solutions.
• Coordinate closely with stakeholders across teams to manage integration and interface requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment with overall business objectives.

Skills

Axway Secure Transport

GitLab CI/CD

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

Shell

Python

AWS Lambda

EC2

EKS

Linux/Unix

Networking (TLS/SSL)

Communication with stakeholders

US Citizenship

Education

High School Diploma

AS/AA

BS/BA

MS/MA

Tools

GitLab

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to support a federal financial customer, migrating data flows to AWS with GitLab CI/CD and Terraform IaC.

You will design, implement, and optimize secure cloud architectures, integrate legacy file transfer and MQ tools, and collaborate with stakeholders to meet mission objectives. This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain agency clearance; salary range is $86,000–$138,000 with comprehensive benefits.