Cloud Engineer: Secure AWS Landing Zone & Hybrid Network

Jobtailor; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate an enterprise NOC/SOC within an AWS Landing Zone. You will implement secure cloud environments, support migration of a training system, and deploy vendor solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.

You should have 5+ years of cloud/software engineering, strong AWS experience, IaC proficiency (CDK or Terraform), and a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Hybrid networking expertise is required.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or equivalent experience
• 5+ years in software/cloud engineering or related field
• Proven cloud engineering proficiency across AWS/Azure/Oracle/Google Cloud
• IaC experience with CDK or Terraform
• Programming in Python and/or TypeScript; familiarity with Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS/DynamoDB
• Strong security, IAM, VPC, KMS, networking, load balancing knowledge
• Experience with CI/CD, monitoring (CloudWatch/OpenSearch), and container tech (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy enterprise NOC/SOC in an AWS Landing Zone
• Create secure cloud environments and govern tenant workloads
• Migrate Training Environment into the Landing Zone
• Deploy containerized solutions from third-party vendors
• Maintain EKS clusters and container orchestration
• Establish hybrid networking between on-prem and cloud
• Develop containerized Landing Zone governance framework for workloads

Skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

4+ years experience alternative to degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

Oracle Cloud

Google Cloud

CDK

Terraform

Python

TypeScript

Lambda

EC2

S3

RDS

DynamoDB

IAM

VPC

KMS

Networking

CI/CD

CloudWatch

OpenSearch

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

ECS

CI/CD pipelines

Security governance

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate an enterprise NOC/SOC within an AWS Landing Zone. You will implement secure cloud environments, support migration of a training system, and deploy vendor solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.

You should have 5+ years of cloud/software engineering, strong AWS experience, IaC proficiency (CDK or Terraform), and a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Hybrid networking expertise is required.