Cloud Engineer 2 - (AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation)

Akina, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 232,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO accrued annually

11 federal holidays

Job summary

Akina, Inc. seeks a cloud-focused engineer to migrate applications to cloud environments, design secure scalable architectures, and implement IaC using Terraform and CloudFormation. You will build reusable modules, optimize costs, and document runbooks while ensuring high availability and disaster recovery readiness.

The role requires hands-on experience with Docker/Kubernetes, AWS CDK, and monitoring stacks, with a TS/SCI clearance beneficial for the team.

Qualifications

• Six (6) years of software development/engineering experience in cloud-related programs.
• At least four (4) years with cloud technologies required.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Migrate applications to cloud environments and modernize architectures.
• Configure and maintain cloud infrastructure using IaC and best practices.
• Troubleshoot issues and perform root-cause analysis for incidents.
• Build reusable IaC modules (e.g., Terraform, Helm) and enforce standards.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure for HA/DR.
• Provide cost optimization and governance, including tagging and budgets.
• Document architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure provisioning

Secure cloud architectures

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Docker/Kubernetes

Monitoring/Logging

Backup/Disaster Recovery

Secrets management

Cost optimization

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

AKS

GKE

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/OpenSearch

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 05-03-CLENG2
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

This team is focused on providing cloud-based geolocation solutions in near-real-time directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world.

• Migrate applications to cloud environments
• Configure and maintain cloud infrastructures using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Troubleshoot issues and identify root cause analysis
• Generate after action reports to include new requirements and improved Tier 1 SOPs
• Use ActiveMQ and/or Kafka
• Support deployment strategies for high-availability systems
• 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

Position Required Skills:

• 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 container 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

CLENG2 Qualifications:

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

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

Salary Range: $232k-$284k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.