AWS IL6 Backend & DB Cloud Engineer (Remote)

North South Consulting Group; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

North South Consulting Group is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer – IL6 / Backend & Database to design, deploy, and secure cloud solutions in IL6 AWS GovCloud environments. You will build backend services, APIs, data services, and scalable databases while meeting DoD RMF requirements. This is a 100% remote role in the United States.

Salary Range: 130k+. The role emphasizes Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD, and DevSecOps with focus on reliability, performance, and compliance for mission-critical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years designing and administering AWS cloud environments.
• Experience in AWS IL6 or GovCloud or high-security government clouds.
• Experience with multiple relational DBs and AWS DB services.
• Strong REST API, microservices, and backend development experience.
• Proficient with Terraform and/or CloudFormation and CI/CD.
• Knowledge of DoD security baselines and RMF/NIST.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain secure AWS IL6 infrastructure.
• Develop and integrate backend services, APIs, and data components.
• Design scalable, highly available database architectures in AWS.
• Build and optimize relational databases and data models.
• Develop cloud-native apps with serverless, containers, and microservices.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Enforce security controls per DoD, DISA, FedRAMP, and RMF.

Skills

AWS IAM

Terraform

CloudFormation

Serverless

APIs

CI/CD

NIST RMF

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

RDS/Aurora

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

Oracle

Terraform

CloudFormation

Lambda

Job description

North South Consulting Group is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer – IL6 / Backend & Database to design, deploy, and secure cloud solutions in IL6 AWS GovCloud environments. You will build backend services, APIs, data services, and scalable databases while meeting DoD RMF requirements. This is a 100% remote role in the United States.

Salary Range: 130k+. The role emphasizes Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD, and DevSecOps with focus on reliability, performance, and compliance for mission-critical