Federal Cloud Engineer

Connexions; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Connexions is seeking a Federal Cloud Engineer to support secure cloud infrastructure for federal government environments using AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure. The role focuses on delivering resilient, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions aligned with FedRAMP High and NIST standards.

This remote position requires collaboration with cloud architects, cybersecurity teams, and government stakeholders to design, deploy, and maintain compliant infrastructure, manage CI/CD

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and managing AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Experience supporting Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Experience with cloud security and IAM.
• Ability to document architectures and technical decisions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Configure and maintain cloud networking, security controls, and IAM.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines for automated cloud deployments.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and security.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and support incident response activities.
• Maintain security and compliance documentation aligned with federal government requirements.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, cybersecurity teams, and government stakeholders.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet scalability, reliability, security, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Stakeholder collaboration

Technical documentation

AWS Cloud Engineering

Google Cloud Platform Cloud

Azure Cloud Engineering

Tools

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Microsoft Azure

Job description

Start: Immediate

(High possibility of extension)

Federal

Title: Federal Cloud Engineer

Start: Immediate

Duration: 12 Months to start (High possibility of extension)

Location: Remote

Client: Federal

Work Environment: Federal Government Cloud Infrastructure

Security Compliance: FedRAMP High, NIST

Role Description

The Federal Cloud Engineer will be responsible for supporting, managing, and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure across federal government environments using AWS, Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform), and Microsoft Azure.

The role focuses on delivering resilient, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions while ensuring alignment with federal security standards, including FedRAMP High and NIST requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and maintain secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Configure and maintain cloud networking, security controls, and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines for automated cloud deployments.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability, and security.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and support incident response activities.
• Maintain security and compliance documentation aligned with federal government requirements.
• Support workloads authorized up to FedRAMP High.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, cybersecurity teams, and government stakeholders.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet scalability, reliability, security, and compliance requirements.

Mandatory Skills

• Core Consulting Skills Communication, problem-solving, stakeholder collaboration, and technical documentation.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and managing AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) Experience supporting and maintaining Google Cloud Platform cloud environments.
• AWS Cloud Engineering Expertise in cloud infrastructure operations, networking, IAM, automation, and security.