Senior AWS Cloud Engineer - Terraform, CI/CD & Security

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a motivated AWS Cloud Engineer to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability of data-driven platforms. You will support day-to-day customer applications, maintain infrastructure, monitor systems, and resolve incidents while automating to improve efficiency.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable AWS solutions, following best practices and ensuring compliance. Remote position within the United States.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain/maintain Public Trust clearance.
• Willing to undergo a pre-employment credit check as required by Customer.
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience; Master's with 6+ years or high school diploma/equivalent with 12+ years of experience.
• Deep knowledge of AWS architecture, networking (VPCs, routing), security (IAM, Resource Policies, encryption), serverless/microservices, and containerization (ECS, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Terraform.
• Experience designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines for enterprise-scale delivery.
• Hands-on experience with SaaS logs monitoring/troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting in Python and Bash; Ansible is a plus.
• Proficient in configuration management, observability (CloudWatch, Grafana), reliability and disaster recovery; cloud engineering automation (Terraform, Python, GitLab CI) for AWS workloads.
• Strong Git proficiency and branching/release strategies (GitFlow).

Responsibilities

• Design and build AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI).
• Guide design decisions for cloud solutions and deployment strategies; influence stakeholders.
• Own automation end-to-end from IaC authorship to production operations.
• Participate in on-call rotation and contribute to observability/monitoring practices.
• Provide technical support to AWS users and managed services.
• Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, highly available AWS infrastructure.
• Monitor AWS environments, troubleshoot incidents; resolve performance issues.
• Collaborate with development, security, and infra teams to improve reliability and follow best practices.
• Maintain diagrams and SOPs for all environments.
• Perform backups, upgrades, and maintenance in maintenance windows.
• Monitor for security vulnerabilities and perform ad-hoc upgrades.
• Support audits by providing logs, reports, and system configurations.
• Manage AWS IAM roles, policies, and access controls for secure cloud environments.

Skills

AWS architecture

Python

Bash

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Observability

CloudWatch/Grafana

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

High School Diploma + 12 years exp

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud infrastructure tooling

Job description

Peraton is seeking a motivated AWS Cloud Engineer to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability of data-driven platforms. You will support day-to-day customer applications, maintain infrastructure, monitor systems, and resolve incidents while automating to improve efficiency.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable AWS solutions, following best practices and ensuring compliance. Remote position within the United States.