Senior Cloud Architect - AWS GovCloud & Secure Integrations

Tripoint Solutions LLC; Virginia; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will work within the cloud team’s architecture alongside Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant.

This remote role requires residing in the United States. You should have 5+ years of cloud engineering experience, hands-on AWS GovCloud, and proficiency with Python automation, IAM/KMS, and CI/CD

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations.
• Hands‑on AWS GovCloud experience.
• Hands‑on AWS experience across compute, storage, networking, and identity.
• Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce, and hands‑on MuleSoft experience.
• Hands‑on AWS Glue experience.
• Proficiency with IAM policy design, KMS, and least‑privilege access models.
• Linux system administration.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting.
• Hands‑on CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles and hardening practices.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
• Salesforce or MuleSoft certification.
• Risk Management Framework, ATO support, STIG implementation, or vulnerability scanning with ACAS or Nessus.
• Monitoring and observability with CloudWatch or Splunk.
• Prior federal contract experience.
• Video is required throughout the interview process and for standups, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and stakeholder meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and Route 53.
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce, including MuleSoft‑based interfaces.
• Build and maintain AWS Glue pipelines that move data securely between source systems.
• Implement S3 lifecycle, tiering, and retention policies.
• Secure RDS and other data services with least‑privilege access, encryption, and network isolation.
• Implement and maintain IAM policies, KMS key management, and secrets management.
• Build automated security scanning, dependency validation, and continuous monitoring into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support STIG implementation, Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities, and vulnerability remediation on contractual timelines.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, rollback procedures, and change control artifacts that support high‑availability standards.
• Automate operational work using Python.

Skills

Python automation

Linux admin

Cloud security

CI/CD workflows

AWS networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Salesforce integration

MuleSoft

AWS Glue

IAM/KMS security

GitHub Actions/Jenkins

Job description

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will work within the cloud team’s architecture alongside Salesforce, integration, and data teams to keep environments secure, available, and compliant.

This remote role requires residing in the United States. You should have 5+ years of cloud engineering experience, hands-on AWS GovCloud, and proficiency with Python automation, IAM/KMS, and CI/CD