Intermediate Cloud Systems Engineer

Ampcus Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a skilled Intermediate Cloud Systems Engineer to provision, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure including VPCs, EC2, S3, IAM, and EKS.

You will develop Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and CloudFormation and support CI/CD pipelines across dev, test, and prod environments. The role requires strong AWS knowledge, IAM, monitoring with CloudWatch/CloudTrail, and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of core AWS services (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Parameter Store).
• Foundational AWS networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups).
• Familiarity with IAM roles, policies, least-privilege access.
• IaC concepts and CloudFormation familiarity.
• Experience with GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket; GitLab preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tooling.
• Cloud monitoring and logging with CloudWatch/CloudTrail.
• Ability to troubleshoot, analyze logs, collaborate with teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication; document configurations.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure components (networking, compute, storage, IAM, logging).
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform and other automation tools.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for infra deployments across environments.
• Maintain infrastructure code in Git repositories (GitLab preferred).
• Assist with AWS networking configuration (VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups).
• Support container workloads on EKS; basic troubleshooting.
• Configure platform monitoring, dashboards, and health checks (CloudWatch/CloudTrail).
• Analyze CloudWatch logs and metrics to identify issues; coordinate with teams.
• Document configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Assist with secure cloud configurations per security standards.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to improve automation, reliability, and security.
• Assist with on-boarding of new apps and teams; provide required infra and access.

Skills

AWS core services

Networking concepts

IAM and access control

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

GitLab/GitHub/Bitbucket

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring and logging

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

GitLab

GitHub

Bitbucket

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes / EKS

Job description

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Requirements:

The candidate shall possess the knowledge and skills set forth in the Technical Services Client, Section 3.5.6.1 for labor category Intermediate Cloud Systems Engineer.

The candidate shall also demonstrate the below knowledge and experience:

• Working knowledge of core AWS services and concepts, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.
• Foundational understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and connectivity between cloud resources.
• Familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including roles, policies, permissions, and least-privilege access concepts.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and experience or familiarity with AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience using source/version control systems such as GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket, with GitLab preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tooling, including automated build, test, deployment, and environment promotion processes.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring and logging concepts using services such as CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, analyze logs and system behavior, and work collaboratively with other engineering teams to resolve problems.
• Ability to learn new cloud technologies, tools, and engineering practices and apply them under guidance from senior engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to document technical configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Highly valued (Desirable, but not required) knowledge, skills and experience:

• Basic understanding of containerization and container orchestration concepts; familiarity with Amazon EKS/Kubernetes is preferred.
• Basic understanding of cloud security practices, including secrets/configuration management, secure access, logging, and encryption.
• Hands-on experience provisioning AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation or another Infrastructure as Code technology.
• Experience developing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab CI/CD.
• Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure automation frameworks.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and Amazon EKS administration.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional.

The Contractor shall deliver, but not limited to, the following:

• Provision, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure components supporting EDP environments, including networking, compute, storage, identity and access management, and logging/monitoring services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and other approved automation tools to enable repeatable and consistent infrastructure deployments.
• Support CI/CD pipelines used to deploy infrastructure and platform configurations across development, testing, and production environments.
• Maintain source-controlled infrastructure code and configuration using Git-based repositories, preferably GitLab.
• Assist with configuration and administration of AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, and related connectivity.
• Support cloud infrastructure associated with containerized workloads running on Amazon EKS, including basic troubleshooting and operational support.
• Configure and maintain platform monitoring, alerting, dashboards, and health checks using AWS monitoring and logging capabilities.
• Monitor and analyze CloudWatch logs, metrics, and alarms and CloudTrail events to identify operational or security issues.
• Assist with implementing standardized secure cloud configurations aligned with organizational security requirements and engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, connectivity, permissions, and platform issues in coordination with senior engineers and other technical teams.
• Assist with cloud infrastructure upgrades, configuration changes, feature deployments, and environment maintenance activities.
• Support implementation and maintenance of audit logging and operational visibility required for security reviews and compliance activities.
• Assist with secure cloud connectivity patterns, including private connectivity, service endpoints, egress controls, and integration with enterprise network services.
• Build and maintain development, sandbox, and proof-of-concept cloud environments using repeatable infrastructure configurations.
• Support cost management activities by identifying unused or underutilized AWS resources and assisting with implementation of cost-control measures.
• Assist with automation of routine platform administration and operational activities using Infrastructure as Code, scripting, APIs, and command-line tools.
• Maintain technical documentation including infrastructure configurations, deployment procedures, operational runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and architecture diagrams.
• Support integrations between AWS infrastructure and enterprise data, analytics, security, and monitoring platforms.
• Participate in incident troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Participate in platform capacity planning, infrastructure scaling, and performance monitoring activities.
• Support onboarding of new applications, development teams, and platform users by provisioning required infrastructure, permissions, and environment configurations.
• Work with senior engineers to continuously improve platform automation, reliability, security, and operational processes.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.