Junior Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS & IaC (Onsite)

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE Mission Computing seeks a Junior Cloud Support Engineer to contribute to an AWS-based platform that enables national security work. You will be part of a small team focused on reliability, security, and developer enablement, while guiding teams on platform usage.

This role involves on-site collaboration in a high-stakes environment, with opportunities to grow in cloud engineering, IaC, and platform operations within a mission-driven nonprofit setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience with AWS and infrastructure as code.
• Hands-on CI/CD experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Eligibility for U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support a cloud platform based on AWS and IaC.
• Contribute to platform reliability, security, and developer productivity.
• Engage with internal teams to enable self-service platform usage.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

Job description

MITRE Mission Computing seeks a Junior Cloud Support Engineer to contribute to an AWS-based platform that enables national security work. You will be part of a small team focused on reliability, security, and developer enablement, while guiding teams on platform usage.

This role involves on-site collaboration in a high-stakes environment, with opportunities to grow in cloud engineering, IaC, and platform operations within a mission-driven nonprofit setting.