Senior AWS Cloud Engineer for Federal Systems

CGS Federal; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation for engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The role requires strong AWS expertise and experience designing scalable cloud solutions.

The ideal candidate will have 4+ years in IT, hands-on AWS, and a track record of delivering production-ready cloud architectures, including lift-and-shift migrations and compliance with security controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience.
• 4+ years of IT experience supporting federal government agencies.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (Required) and architectural design.
• Experience delivering large-scale solutions that reached production state.
• Develop cloud-based solution designs and implementation plans based on customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions that maximize flexibility and scalability while meeting security controls.
• Support documentation development for engineering, security, and operations processes.
• Perform analysis to aid customer decisions during the project.
• Facilitate smooth transition of the solution to operations and ensure ongoing operation within limits.
• Design and implement cloud-based solutions with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals.

Skills

AWS

Cloud computing basics

Documentation

Security controls

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Job description

CGS Federal is seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support documentation for engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The role requires strong AWS expertise and experience designing scalable cloud solutions.

The ideal candidate will have 4+ years in IT, hands-on AWS, and a track record of delivering production-ready cloud architectures, including lift-and-shift migrations and compliance with security controls.