Remote Federal Cloud Architect — AWS GovCloud

Tripoint Solutions LLC; Bastrop (LA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will collaborate with Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant in a remote setting.

The role requires 5+ years of cloud experience and strong automation skills. The position supports a nationwide workflow with a focus on federal standards, security, and rapid incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud experience.
• Hands-on AWS services including VPC design, subnets, routing, Route 53, and VPN/Direct Connect.
• Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce and hands-on MuleSoft.
• Hands-on AWS Glue experience.
• Proficiency with IAM policy design, KMS, and least-privilege access.
• Linux system administration.
• Python for automation and scripting.
• CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalents.
• Knowledge of cloud security principles and hardening.
• AWS Certifications (Associate or Professional) or AWS SysOps Administrator.
• Salesforce or MuleSoft certification.
• Risk Management Framework, ATO support, STIG implementation, or vulnerability scanning with ACAS/Nessus.
• Monitoring with CloudWatch or Splunk.
• Federal contract experience.
• Video is required throughout the interview process and for standups, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and stakeholder meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and Route 53.
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce, including MuleSoft-based interfaces.
• Build and maintain AWS Glue pipelines that move data securely between source systems.
• Implement S3 lifecycle, tiering, and retention policies.
• Secure RDS and other data services with least-privilege access, encryption, and network isolation.
• Implement and maintain IAM policies, KMS key management, and secrets management.
• Build automated security scanning, dependency validation, and continuous monitoring into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support STIG implementation, Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities, and vulnerability remediation on contractual timelines.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, rollback procedures, and change control artifacts that support high-availability standards.
• Automate operational work using Python.

Skills

AWS GovCloud

Python automation

CI/CD pipelines

Linux administration

Security best practices

VPC design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field

Tools

MuleSoft

Salesforce

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

ACAS

Nessus

CloudWatch

Splunk

KMS / IAM

Job description

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will collaborate with Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant in a remote setting.

The role requires 5+ years of cloud experience and strong automation skills. The position supports a nationwide workflow with a focus on federal standards, security, and rapid incident response.