Senior AWS GovCloud Engineer

ANAUTICS INC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ANAUTICS INC is seeking an experienced AWS Infrastructure Engineer in Oklahoma City. The role involves implementing and supporting secure AWS and AWS GovCloud environments critical for mission systems. You'll work on deploying infrastructure for high-trust applications, ensuring compliance, and improving cloud reliability. Candidates must have 5+ years of relevant experience, strong technical skills, and the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance. A background in defense or regulated environments is preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of AWS infrastructure engineering experience.
• Experience with Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
• U.S. Citizenship is required and must be capable of maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Implement AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code.
• Support landing zones, network architecture, IAM, logging, monitoring, and backup patterns.
• Troubleshoot cloud platform issues and improve reliability.
• Document operational runbooks and security controls.

Skills

AWS infrastructure engineering experience

Terraform

CloudFormation

IAM

Cloud security

Job description

Build and operate secure AWS and AWS GovCloud environments for sensitive mission systems.

Impact

• Create deployable infrastructure for high-trust applications.
• Support cloud environments with strong identity, network, logging, and compliance controls.
• Help teams move quickly while meeting strict operational requirements.

What you'll do

• Implement AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code.
• Support landing zones, network architecture, IAM, logging, monitoring, and backup patterns.
• Troubleshoot cloud platform issues and improve reliability.
• Document operational runbooks and security controls.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of AWS infrastructure engineering experience.
• Experience with Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
• Strong understanding of secure cloud networking, IAM, and observability.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred experience

• AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, DoD, or regulated cloud experience is a plus.
• AWS experience is a plus, especially secure cloud, GovCloud, serverless, data, or AI services.
• AI, machine learning, LLM, agentic workflow, or decision intelligence experience is a plus.
• Experience in defense, government, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, or other mission-critical environments is a plus.