Cloud Performance Engineer (Remote)

Tripoint Solutions LLC; Illinois; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You'll collaborate with cloud, Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant. Remote location with states supported by Tripoint Solutions.

Required: 5+ years in cloud engineering, hands-on AWS GovCloud, and Python automation. Experience with Salesforce/MuleSoft integrations and CI/CD pipelines is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud experience and broad AWS expertise.
• Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce and MuleSoft.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Knowledge of IAM, KMS, least-privilege access and security hardening.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs).
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce (MuleSoft).
• Develop and maintain AWS Glue pipelines for secure data movement.
• Implement S3 lifecycle, tiering and retention policies.
• Secure data services with encryption and network isolation; IAM policies.
• Integrate security scanning and monitoring into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support STIG, RMF, ATO activities and vulnerability remediation.
• Maintain deployment runbooks and change control artifacts.
• Automate operational tasks with Python.

Skills

Python automation

CI/CD pipelines

AWS GovCloud

Linux administration

IAM policy design

VPC design

MuleSoft integration

Salesforce integration

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Security best practices

CloudWatch

Splunk

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field

Tools

MuleSoft

Salesforce

GitLab CI

Nessus

ACAS

KMS

Direct Connect

CloudWatch

Splunk

Job description

About Tripoint Solutions We are technology innovators, partnered with state-of-the-art providers, such as AWS, ServiceNow, and UiPath, to drive digital transformation in the federal space. TPS teams are bringing automation and data science into areas of the government that are crying out for fresh tech—making positive impacts felt by tens of thousands of users, countless citizens, and all six branches of the military each day. Our Agile teams are responsible for envisioning, launching, and operating the massive data systems and analytics platforms used to manage $14.5B in government procurements and $200B in military real estate assets globally. At TPS, we apply the power of cloud technologies to help the government think smarter and function better—for everyone.

Your talent and innovative thinking bring leading-edge solutions to our customers.

Employee-generated solutions have sustained our continued success and customer satisfaction

Tripoint Solutions builds flexibility into health benefit plan choices, covers most of the monthly premiums, and helps employees build a career with impact through our generous professional development program.

We offer all full-time employees:

• ~ Medical, Dental, Vision benefits with a national provider network
• ~ Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (FSA & HSA)
• ~ Company-paid Life and Disability insurance including Short-Term, Long-Term, and Accidental
• ~ 11 paid holidays
• ~401(k) Retirement Plan
• ~ Professional Development Reimbursement Program to pursue undergraduate, graduate, training, and certifications
• ~ Monthly transportation, parking, and cell phone service reimbursement

Tripoint Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

As a Cloud Engineer, you will build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will work within the cloud team’s architecture and alongside the Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant. Location : Remote . The selected candidate must be currently located in, or willing to relocate to, one of the states supported by Tripoint Solutions corporate offices: No relocation assistance provided.)

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and Route 53.
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce, including MuleSoft-based interfaces.
• Build and maintain AWS Glue pipelines that move data securely between source systems.
• Implement S3 lifecycle, tiering, and retention policies.
• Secure RDS and other data services with least-privilege access, encryption, and network isolation.
• Implement and maintain IAM policies, KMS key management, and secrets management.
• Build automated security scanning, dependency validation, and continuous monitoring into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support STIG implementation, Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities, and vulnerability remediation on contractual timelines.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, rollback procedures, and change control artifacts that support high-availability standards.
• Automate operational work using Python.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• ~5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations.
• ~ Hands-on AWS GovCloud experience.
• ~ Hands-on AWS experience across compute, storage, networking, and identity, including VPC design, subnetting, routing, peering, Route 53, load balancing, and VPN or Direct Connect.
• ~ Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce, and hands-on MuleSoft experience.
• ~ Hands-on AWS Glue experience.
• ~ Proficiency with IAM policy design, KMS, and least-privilege access models.
• ~ Linux system administration.
• ~ Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting.
• ~ Hands-on CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• ~ Working knowledge of cloud security principles and hardening practices.
• ~ AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
• Salesforce or MuleSoft certification.
• Risk Management Framework, ATO support, STIG implementation, or vulnerability scanning with ACAS or Nessus.
• Monitoring and observability with CloudWatch or Splunk.
• Prior federal contract experience.
• Video is required throughout the interview process and for standups, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and stakeholder meetings.