Cloud Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

North Point Technology; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in St. Louis seeks a TS/SCI cleared Cloud Engineer to design and sustain mission-critical cloud solutions. You will work with AWS services, ensuring high availability and compliance while collaborating with teams. Join a company that values its employees and offers excellent benefits and a flexible work-life balance.

Benefits

Excellent compensation

Flexible work-life balance

Close-knit atmosphere

Qualifications

• Proficiency across AWS services and OpenShift.
• Hands-on with DevOps toolchain and software development lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on AWS system designs and ensure compliance.
• Maintain CI/CD workflows and triage outages.

Skills

AWS

DevOps

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s in CS/IT

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Jira

Confluence

Zabbix

HP Fortify

ACAS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

North Point Technology is looking for a TS/SCI cleared Cloud Engineer to assist with the development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of mission critical systems.

This program requires employees to have an active TS clearance with and SCI or the ability to obtain an SCI post hire and must pass a CI Poly every 5 years. If you have a Full Scope Poly, working this program will keep your Full Scope ACTIVE.

Position Overview

North Point Technology is seeking a driven AWS Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and sustain mission-critical, cloud-based software solutions. You’ll help shape secure architectures, streamline deployments, and ensure 99.9% uptime across multiple environments.

Responsibilities

Architect & Secure – Collaborate on AWS system designs, driving ATO compliance and hardening.

Requirement Analysis – Review system needs through a cyber-security lens; offer configuration recommendations.

Best-Practice Integration – Capture lessons learned and embed industry standards into new designs.

Pipeline & Ops Support – Maintain CI/CD workflows, triage outages, resolve integration issues, and support developer testing.

Service Management – Deploy and monitor EC2, S3, Lambda, OpenShift (PaaS), ensuring high availability.

Data & Metrics – Orchestrate data movement, track cost/utilization dashboards, and optimize resource use.

Change Validation – Execute end-to-end testing, validate government system changes, and author design/validation docs.

Required Skills & Experience

Proficiency across AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, Terraform) and OpenShift.

Hands-on with DevOps toolchain: GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Zabbix, HP Fortify, ACAS.

Solid grasp of software development lifecycles, code baseline management, and DevSecOps principles.

Excellent communicator and collaborative problem-solver.

Bachelor’s in CS/IT or equivalent; active TS/SCI clearance (Poly-eligible).

Preferred Qualifications

AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).

DoD 8570 IAT Level 2/3 compliance; NGA Privileged User Account.

Familiarity with aeronautical datasets and SFA mission requirements.

Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and participating in Analysis of Alternatives.

Work Schedule

Mon, Wed, Fri – Work from Home

Tue – St. Louis, MO office or NGA 2nd Street

Thu – O’Fallon, IL office

As Needed – Customer site at NGA 2nd Street (≈2 days/week)

If you’re ready to advance critical cloud solutions in a dynamic environment, apply today!

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!

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