Cloud Engineer

Tripoint Solutions LLC; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tripoint Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will work with the cloud team, Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant.

This is a remote role open to candidates located in the United States. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a government security clearance. Relocation is not provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree required in CS/Engineering/IT or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years in cloud engineering or operations.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud and AWS services across compute, storage, networking, and identity.
• Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce and MuleSoft.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs, subnets, security groups).
• Author and maintain infrastructure as code (CloudFormation or Terraform).
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce (MuleSoft).
• Develop and maintain AWS Glue pipelines for secure data movement.
• Implement IAM, KMS, encryption, and least-privilege access; ensure security compliance.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with automated security validation and monitoring.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, rollback procedures, and change control artifacts.
• Automate operational tasks using Python and improve cost visibility via tagging and rightsizing.

Skills

Cloud engineering experience

Python automation

Linux system administration

CI/CD pipelines experience

Security best practices

Automation of manual work

Documentation and runbooks

Education

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

Tools

AWS GovCloud

CloudFormation

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

MuleSoft

Salesforce integration

KMS

Python

Job description

About Tripoint Solutions

We are technology innovators, partnered with state-of-the-art providers, such as AWS, ServiceNow, and UiPath, to drive digital transformation in the federal space. TPS teams are bringing automation and data science into areas of the government that are crying out for fresh tech - making positive impacts felt by tens of thousands of users, countless citizens, and all six branches of the military each day. Our Agile teams are responsible for envisioning, launching, and operating the massive data systems and analytics platforms used to manage $14.5B in government procurements and $200B in military real estate assets globally. At TPS, we apply the power of cloud technologies to help the government think smarter and function better - for everyone.

TPS Company Values

• We value and respect each employee's dedicated work and unique contributions as they directly impact who we are and what we do.
• Your talent and innovative thinking bring leading-edge solutions to our customers.
• Our success is driven by the dedication of our employees.
• Employee-generated solutions have sustained our continued success and customer satisfaction

Benefit Offerings

Tripoint Solutions builds flexibility into health benefit plan choices, covers most of the monthly premiums, and helps employees build a career with impact through our generous professional development program. We offer all full-time employees:

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits with a national provider network
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (FSA & HSA)
• Company-paid Life and Disability insurance including Short-Term, Long-Term, and Accidental
• Supplemental Insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 11 paid holidays
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program to pursue undergraduate, graduate, training, and certifications
• Monthly transportation, parking, and cell phone service reimbursement

Tripoint Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

About the Role

As a Cloud Engineer, you will build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will work within the cloud team's architecture and alongside the Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant. You will also replace manual operational work with automation. Location : Remote . The selected candidate must be currently located in, or willing to relocate to, one of the states supported by Tripoint Solutions corporate offices: AL, AZ, CO, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, MN, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, or VA. (No relocation assistance provided.)

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation.
• USA Citizenship is required.
• Must currently hold a favorably adjudicated background investigation (Tier 1/NACI or higher).

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and Route 53.
• Author and maintain infrastructure as code (CloudFormation or Terraform) in version control with automated validation.
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce, including MuleSoft-based interfaces.
• Build and maintain AWS Glue pipelines that move data securely between source systems.
• Implement S3 lifecycle, tiering, and retention policies.
• Secure RDS and other data services with least-privilege access, encryption, and network isolation.
• Implement and maintain IAM policies, KMS key management, and secrets management.
• Build automated security scanning, dependency validation, and continuous monitoring into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support STIG implementation, Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities, and vulnerability remediation on contractual timelines.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, rollback procedures, and change control artifacts that support high-availability standards.
• Improve cost visibility through tagging, rightsizing, and cleanup of orphaned resources.
• Automate operational work using Python.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud experience.
• Hands-on AWS experience across compute, storage, networking, and identity, including VPC design, subnetting, routing, peering, Route 53, load balancing, and VPN or Direct Connect.
• Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce, and hands-on MuleSoft experience.
• Hands-on AWS Glue experience.
• Hands-on infrastructure as code experience with CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Proficiency with IAM policy design, KMS, and least-privilege access models.
• Linux system administration.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting.
• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Experience with Git and version-controlled infrastructure workflows.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles and hardening practices.
• A demonstrated track record of automating manual operational work.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
• Salesforce or MuleSoft certification.
• Risk Management Framework, ATO support, STIG implementation, or vulnerability scanning with ACAS or Nessus.
• Monitoring and observability with CloudWatch or Splunk.
• SSO federation (SAML or OIDC) and ICAM or CAC-based identity integration.
• Prior federal contract experience.

Work Environment

• Video is required throughout the interview process and for standups, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and stakeholder meetings.