Cloud Engineer 2 – AWS, Terraform & CloudFormation (TS/SCI)

Akina Inc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 232,000 - 284,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 24 days

11 federal holidays

401k 10% employer contribution

Healthcare fully covered

Dependent coverage 50%

Educational assistance

Job summary

Akina Inc. in Annapolis Junction, MD, is seeking a cloud-focused software engineer to support mission-critical geolocation solutions for decision-makers and warfighters worldwide.

The role emphasizes migrating applications to cloud environments, implementing IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, managing AWS/CDK, and ensuring high availability through automation, monitoring, and security best practices.

Qualifications

• Six years in software development/engineering in programs/contracts of similar scope
• At least four years of experience with cloud-related technologies
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline; four years extra experience may substitute

Responsibilities

• Migrate applications to cloud environments
• Configure and maintain cloud infrastructures using Terraform and CloudFormation
• Troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis
• Build reusable IaC modules and enforce development standards
• Monitor health and performance with logging/alerting

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

IaC scripting

Container orchestration

Linux OS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

ELK/OpenSearch

Job description

Akina Inc. in Annapolis Junction, MD, is seeking a cloud-focused software engineer to support mission-critical geolocation solutions for decision-makers and warfighters worldwide.

The role emphasizes migrating applications to cloud environments, implementing IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, managing AWS/CDK, and ensuring high availability through automation, monitoring, and security best practices.