Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

The Swift Group, LLC; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 49,996 - 290,004; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

$5,000 referral bonus

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Education and retirement benefits

Job summary

The Swift Group, LLC is seeking a skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer in Herndon, VA. The role requires leveraging DevOps expertise to deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure, utilizing CloudFormation, and managing CI/CD pipelines.

Ideal candidates should have 3+ years in DevOps, strong AWS skills, and a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. The position offers a generous pay range and a $5,000 referral bonus. Comprehensive benefits are included.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant DevOps experience.
• Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers and auto‑scale groups with AWS EC2.
• Experience with Jenkins and AWS security compliance.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain multiple development teams’ AWS infrastructure.
• Utilize CloudFormation and Ansible for automation.
• Monitor servers and maintain Jenkins pipelines.

Skills

DevOps expertise

AWS infrastructure management

CloudFormation and Ansible

Linux troubleshooting

Bash scripting

Jenkins CI/CD

Git and version control

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or relevant experience

Tools

AWS EC2

AWS CloudWatch

AWS S3

Kubernetes

Ansible

Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission‑driven and employee‑focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

Swift is looking for a skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team in Herndon, VA. The Cloud Engineer leverages DevOps expertise and will be responsible for deploying and maintaining multiple development teams’ AWS infrastructure along with utilizing CloudFormation and Ansible to automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure. They will manage all scripts and templates in GitHub utilizing git for version control, assist security with implementing security controls to ensure compliance, and actively monitor servers and infrastructure for issues while setting up and maintaining Jenkins pipelines.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant DevOps experience
• Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) and auto‑scale groups with AWS EC2
• Experience setting up alarms, dashboards, and alerts with AWS CloudWatch
• Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3
• Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation using YAML templates
• Strong Linux troubleshoots skills
• Bash scripting experience
• Ability to set up, build, and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
• Experience using Ansible for server automation
• Strong knowledge of git and version control for IaC in GitHub
• Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience

• Setting up API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions
• Experience working with SQS and SNS
• Experience with setting up and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
• Experience with working with multiple teams
• Experience working in an Agile work environment on two‑week sprints
• AWS Certified

We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90‑day mark.

We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we will not be accepting unsolicited resumes. All inquiries must go through the recruiting team.

Onsite

The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range

$49,996.80 - $290,004.00

Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates.

Benefits

At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits.