Remote Senior AWS Cloud Ops Leader (FedRAMP Multi-Env)

Peraton; Idaho; Remote; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cloud Administrator to own day-to-day AWS operations for the DOI USGS Permitting Modernization and Cloud Infrastructure program on the WARP platform. This fully remote, hands-on role supports 50+ engineers and 20 business analysts in a FedRAMP Moderate environment.

You will manage AWS environments (dev/test/stage/prod), AWS Marketplace subscriptions, and security controls, ensuring availability, access integrity, and compliance across government systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and relevant cloud experience or higher; or equivalent experience.
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• Must work within the United States; no international work.
• 5+ years hands-on system or cloud administration; 3+ years in AWS.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain all AWS environments (dev, test, staging, prod) for WARP; ensure availability and security.
• Manage AWS Marketplace subscriptions for permitted workloads and development.
• Monitor environment health with CloudWatch; triage alerts and incidents promptly.
• Coordinate AWS support tickets; resolve platform issues and service limits.
• Control consumption and budgets in collaboration with FinOps.
• Handle data operations: cross-region transfers, KMS, CloudTrail, S3 logs.
• Administer Databricks workspace provisioning, storage, and networking.
• Manage user access for contractors and government personnel; notify COR on changes.
• Maintain NDAs, DOI Rules of Behavior, and compliance documentation.
• Operate only in government-designated environments; no Peraton-owned data stores.
• Complete annual DOI IT Security Awareness Training; comply with DOI, FISMA, FedRAMP.

Skills

AWS Cloud Administration

IAM policy enforcement

Cloud security

FedRAMP familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree + 10 years experience or higher

Public Trust clearance eligibility

Tools

AWS

Databricks

CloudWatch

S3

KMS

CloudTrail

AWS Marketplace

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cloud Administrator to own day-to-day AWS operations for the DOI USGS Permitting Modernization and Cloud Infrastructure program on the WARP platform. This fully remote, hands-on role supports 50+ engineers and 20 business analysts in a FedRAMP Moderate environment.

You will manage AWS environments (dev/test/stage/prod), AWS Marketplace subscriptions, and security controls, ensuring availability, access integrity, and compliance across government systems.