Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Cgsfederal; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Contact Government Services, LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) for a full-time role to support engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency.

The ideal candidate has 4–7 years of IT experience, hands-on AWS design experience, and strong cloud fundamentals across SaaS/PaaS/IaaS. You will design scalable solutions, develop documentation, and help transition them to operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 4-7 years of IT experience supporting federal agencies.
• 4+ years designing/implementing highly distributed applications.
• Hands-on AWS experience with architectural design.
• Familiarity with lift-and-shift migrations and cloud migration methodologies.
• Experience in cloud computing, networking, storage, and identity management; AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain certification).

Responsibilities

• Design solutions with security controls and scalability.
• Support documentation for engineering, security, and operations.
• Perform business and technical analyses to aid decisions.
• Facilitate transition of solutions to operations.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet availability and reliability goals.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS experience

Documentation support

Transition to operations

Security controls knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

AWS

Job description

Cloud Engineer (AWS) – Full‑Time, Experienced. Department: Information Technology.

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) responsible for supporting the development of all required documentation to support engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Design solutions that ensure maximum flexibility and scalability while meeting all required security controls.
• Support the development of all required documentation for engineering, security, and operational processes.
• Perform business and technical alternative analysis for any/all aspects of the solution, aiding the customer in decision‑making.
• Facilitate the transition of the solution to operations, ensuring the system remains within expected operating boundaries.
• Strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals with experience designing and implementing solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 4-7 years of professional IT experience supporting federal government agencies.
• 4+ years of design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications demonstrating strong architectural skills to ensure availability and reliability.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS (required) or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience.
• Experience designing and delivering large‑scale solutions that have advanced to the production state.
• Strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals with experience designing and implementing solutions; develop cloud‑based solution designs and implementation plans based on customer needs.
• Familiarity with lift‑and‑shift migrations and migration methodologies for cloud migration.
• Experience in cloud computing, networking, storage, and identity management; AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain certification).

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.