Senior AWS Tech Lead — Hybrid Cloud Platform & Kubernetes

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental & vision insurance

401K with company matching

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

3 weeks paid time off

Job summary

Koniag Professional Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Senior AWS Tech Lead to support CRM, Integration, and Platform Services for a government customer in Washington, DC. The role is hybrid with 1 day onsite and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

You will lead AWS platform engineering, Kubernetes operations, and CI/CD with a focus on secure, reliable digital services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in technical leadership and platform engineering in complex environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS implementation, configuration, development, integration, testing, or operations.
• Experience with Agile delivery teams and translating stakeholder needs into maintainable technical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, develop, integrate, test, document, and sustain AWS capabilities using AWS services and tooling.
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container platform operations, monitoring, and secure deployment automation.
• Translate business, mission, security, accessibility, and operational requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Support platform architecture, backlog refinement, implementation planning, release readiness, and production transition activities.
• Develop reusable patterns, configuration standards, automation, documentation, and support procedures to reduce risk.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across platform configuration, code, data, APIs, identity, security, performance, and user experience.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data, infrastructure, QA, and change management teams to align delivery with federal expectations.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, design decisions, implementation notes, test evidence, and operational runbooks.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

Public Trust

Stakeholder

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IS/Software Eng) or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Packer

Vault

Consul

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Koniag Professional Services, LLC, a Koniag Government Services company, seeks a Senior AWS Tech Lead to support CRM, Integration, and Platform Services for a government customer in Washington, DC. The role is hybrid with 1 day onsite and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

You will lead AWS platform engineering, Kubernetes operations, and CI/CD with a focus on secure, reliable digital services.