Cloud Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance | AWS, IaC & Kubernetes

Acclaim Technical Services, Inc.; Annapolis, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Wellness programs

Retirement plans

Job summary

Acclaim Technical Services, Inc. seeks a Cloud Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph to design, build, and maintain AWS-based cloud infrastructure.

You will drive Infrastructure as Code using OpenTofu or Terraform, automate provisioning with Ansible, and scale containerized apps in Kubernetes. Key duties include designing secure architectures, implementing monitoring, and ensuring operational excellence across development, testing, and production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; 4 extra years can substitute for a degree.
• Experience with AWS, IaC, and cloud security practices.
• Strong scripting in Python and automation capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Implement IaC using OpenTofu or Terraform and automate configs with Ansible.
• Manage containerized apps with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

Kubernetes

Python scripting

Ansible automation

Git workflows

IaC OpenTofu/Terraform

CI/CD

Networking basics

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related

Tools

OpenTofu

Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS)

Python

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Acclaim Technical Services, Inc. seeks a Cloud Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph to design, build, and maintain AWS-based cloud infrastructure.

You will drive Infrastructure as Code using OpenTofu or Terraform, automate provisioning with Ansible, and scale containerized apps in Kubernetes. Key duties include designing secure architectures, implementing monitoring, and ensuring operational excellence across development, testing, and production environments.