Remote AWS Cloud Engineer: DevOps, IaC & Automation

Peraton; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a motivated AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team, focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability of critical platforms that support data-driven decision-making.

You will design and implement cloud infrastructure with Terraform, manage CI/CD via GitLab, monitor systems, and collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions in a remote-capable role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering.
• Experience in AWS architecture, networking (VPCs), security (IAM, encryption).
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform) and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience monitoring and troubleshooting SaaS logs; strong scripting skills in Python/Bash.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Own automation end-to-end from IaC authorship to production operations.
• Monitor AWS environments and troubleshoot incidents; participate in on-call rotation.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to improve reliability and follow AWS best practices.
• Maintain configuration documentation and SOPs for all environments.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Automation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8+ years

Master's degree + 6+ years

High School Diploma + 12 years

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

AWS

ECS

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

CloudWatch

Grafana

Python

Bash

Job description

Peraton is seeking a motivated AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team, focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability of critical platforms that support data-driven decision-making.

You will design and implement cloud infrastructure with Terraform, manage CI/CD via GitLab, monitor systems, and collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions in a remote-capable role.