Senior AWS Cloud Engineer | DevOps, Terraform & Kubernetes

Peraton; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer to support mission-critical cloud modernization and software engineering efforts in a fast-paced Cyber Intelligence environment. The role involves designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable cloud-native apps and infrastructure across enterprise operations.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, DevOps, IaC, CI/CD, and modern software practices, collaborating with engineers and cloud architects to build secure,

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of software development/engineering experience including requirements analysis, development, integration, testing, deployment, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Java, C, C++, Python or similar high-level languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, test, and maintain cloud-native software applications and services.
• Support AWS cloud infrastructure deployments and modernization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps practices and tools.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Docker technologies.
• Support software integration, troubleshooting, system monitoring, and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams in Agile development environments.
• Implement and maintain cloud monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Participate in system performance optimization, scalability planning, and operational sustainment.
• Ensure security and configuration management best practices.

Skills

AWS cloud

CI/CD

DevOps automation

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

UNIX/Linux

Java

C

C++

Python

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Job description

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer to support mission-critical cloud modernization and software engineering efforts in a fast-paced Cyber Intelligence environment. The role involves designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining scalable cloud-native apps and infrastructure across enterprise operations.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, DevOps, IaC, CI/CD, and modern software practices, collaborating with engineers and cloud architects to build secure,