Senior AWS GovCloud SRE — Remote Cloud Automation Governance

Akraya; California; Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Akraya is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to build and maintain secure cloud infrastructure in AWS GovCloud to meet stringent federal compliance requirements. You will design and automate foundational cloud services, including account provisioning, security policies, and reusable infrastructure components.

The ideal candidate has strong cloud engineering judgment and can mentor others in secure cloud adoption, with hands-on experience in multi-account AWS environments and governance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in SRE, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, platform engineering, or infrastructure software.
• Hands-on experience with AWS multi-account environments, AWS Organizations, IAM, Terraform, and cloud governance.
• Experience building automation in Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with Control Tower, Account Factory for Terraform, CloudFormation, EventBridge, Lambda, SQS, IAM Identity Center, or similar AWS platform services.
• Strong understanding of reliability, security, cost management, and developer experience tradeoffs in cloud platforms.
• Experience in regulated environments (FedRAMP High/DoD IL5) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure for compliance.
• Automate account provisioning and enforce security guardrails.
• Develop reusable infrastructure-as-code modules for teams.
• Support standardized cloud resource creation and management.
• Collaborate with other teams on cloud architecture and operations.

Skills

AWS Organizations

Terraform

Cloud Governance

Python

AWS GovCloud

SRE/DevOps

Automation

Tools

CloudFormation

EventBridge

Lambda

IAM Identity Center

Account Factory

SQS

Control Tower

Job description

Akraya is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to build and maintain secure cloud infrastructure in AWS GovCloud to meet stringent federal compliance requirements. You will design and automate foundational cloud services, including account provisioning, security policies, and reusable infrastructure components.

The ideal candidate has strong cloud engineering judgment and can mentor others in secure cloud adoption, with hands-on experience in multi-account AWS environments and governance.