Remote Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – AWS GovCloud

Devopsroles; Sterling (VA); Remote; USD 77,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO) & Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to develop and deliver a cloud platform supporting workloads, primarily within AWS GovCloud, with remote work options. You will design multi-account environments, implement IAM and security controls, and optimize cost, performance, and scalability while collaborating across teams on new features and compliance requirements.

Qualifications include 5+ years IT/Cloud, 3+ years AWS, Terraform and IaC, Linux admin, and U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• 5+ years IT/Cloud engineering experience.
• 3+ years AWS experience (or other cloud) including designing/architecting cloud services.
• Experience designing AWS accounts, VPCs and multi-account governance.
• Strong IAM and least-privilege enforcement expertise.
• Linux admin experience; Windows admin familiarity.
• IaC practices and version control (Terraform, Git).
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to meet deadlines.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Provision and manage AWS accounts, SCP governance.
• Design multi-account environments using AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA).
• Create and manage VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups.
• Use Terraform and GitLab CI/CD to provision resources and secure environments.
• Deploy and manage apps in AWS GovCloud with Dev/Prod environments.
• Implement IAM roles/policies with least-privilege access.
• Configure CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config for monitoring.
• Adopt security/compliance practices (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53).
• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of cloud infra.
• Lead technical projects across teams; deliver new features.
• Disaster recovery/business continuity planning.
• Manage Linux and Windows servers; monitor and maintain systems.
• Support IT operations monitoring and auditing tools.

Skills

IT Experience

AWS Cloud

AWS Services

AWS Accounts & VPCs

Troubleshooting

AWS Governance (SCPs, LZA)

IAM / Least Privilege

Linux Admin

Windows Admin

Networking (Cloud)

Automation/CM Tools

IaC / Version Control

Communication

Accountability / Agile

Problem-Solving Mindset

US Citizenship

GovCloud Experience

Multi-Cloud (Azure/GCP)

Terraform / Docker-Compose / Helm

Docker / Kubernetes

Security Frameworks

CI/CD Pipelines

Cloud Certifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalentExperience

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Chef

Python

Bash

PowerShell

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Nightwing is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to develop and deliver a cloud platform supporting workloads, primarily within AWS GovCloud, with remote work options. You will design multi-account environments, implement IAM and security controls, and optimize cost, performance, and scalability while collaborating across teams on new features and compliance requirements.

Qualifications include 5+ years IT/Cloud, 3+ years AWS, Terraform and IaC, Linux admin, and U.S. citizenship.