Cloud Engineer

Amentum; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 278,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a cloud infrastructure engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud architectures with IaC in a secure environment. You will work on modernization and migration efforts, build reusable modules, and enforce standards.

You will monitor systems, optimize costs, and participate in DR/HA planning while collaborating with teams. A TS/SCI w Poly clearance is required, with a strong emphasis on Linux and container workloads.

Qualifications

• Experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud infrastructure and services (compute, storage, networking, IAM).
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud architectures.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK).
• Knowledge of containers and platform workloads (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience monitoring/logging/alerting (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch).
• Experience backup, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies.
• Experience secrets management (KMS/KeyVault/Secret Manager).
• Experience optimizing cloud cost and performance (tagging, budgets, autosizing).
• Experience networking (DNS, routing, VPN) security and service limits.
• Documentation of architectures and runbooks.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure with governance.
• Build reusable IaC modules (Terraform, Helm Charts) and enforce standards.
• Monitor health/performance; respond to incidents.
• Plan for backup, DR, HA; optimize costs and tagging.
• Contribute to architectures, runbooks, and procedures.
• Provide knowledge transfer to internal teams.
• Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

IaC (Terraform)

Security & IAM

Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE

Monitoring & alerting

Backup/DR planning

Cost optimization

Networking (DNS/VPN)

Terraform/CloudFormation/AWS CDK

Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

4 years experience substituting for degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Purpose and Impact:

This team is focused on providing cloud-based geolocation solutions in near-real-time directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world. They define requirements and determine and solutions to enhance capabilities and integrate applications and data formats. With this team, you’ll have the opportunity to exercise your skills in all facets of the systems engineering life cycle including requirements gathering, system design, testing, artifact development, and deployment in cloud environments.

Work Schedule:

M-F, 8 hours/5 days per week; after-hours call-in may be required

Essential Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure (e.g., modernization, migration, roadmaps, etc.), ensuring that systems are designed and maintained following best practices and governance requirements.

• Build reusable modules (e.g., Helm Charts, Terraform, etc.) and enforce development standards for creation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Continuously monitor the health and performance of the infrastructure and systems using logging and alerting, identify issues and implement solutions for improved efficiency.

• Provide strategies for failure/recovery (e.g., backup, high availability, etc.), cost optimization (e.g., tagging, budgets, rightsizing, autoscaling, etc.) and benefit analysis of cloud services.

• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system capabilities and efficiency.

• Contribute to deliverables (e.g., architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures) and performance metrics, where applicable, and provide knowledge transfer to internal teams.

• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to current systems.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

Proven progressive responsibility and experience, collectively, with the following:

• Experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud infrastructure and services (e.g., compute, storage, networking, IAM)

• Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud architectures

• Experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, etc.

• Knowledge of containers and platform workloads (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE).

• Experience configuring monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, etc. and responding to incidents.

• Experience implementing and testing backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies.

• Experience managing secrets and key management with tools such as KMS/KeyVault/Secret Manager, certificates, and rotation policies.

• Experience optimizing cloud cost and performance (e.g., tagging, budgets, rightsizing, autoscaling) and producing usage/cost reports.

• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure issues across networking (DNS, routing, VPN), security, and service limits.

• Experience documenting architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures.

• Experience with Linux OS

Clearance Required:

• TS/SCI w Poly

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional experience software development/engineering on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Minimum Years of Experience:

• Six (6) years’ experience in software development/engineering in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity, including at least four (4) years of experience in software development on systems utilizing cloud-related technologies is required.

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum’s role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.

Salary Range:

$278,000 - $308,000

Safety

Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality

Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance

Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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Compensation Details:

$278,000 - $308,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

08/17/2026 - Until Filled

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

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