Senior Cloud Automation Engineer - Hybrid Remote

GovCIO; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain automated cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines across AWS and Azure environments. This Arlington, VA based role is hybrid remote/onsite, requiring a strong passion for automation and IaC best practices.

The engineer will design Terraform modules, implement IaC standards, develop Ansible playbooks, and build modular automation frameworks. Clearance: Active Secret with potential DEA suitability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with 12+ years of experience.
• Hands-on IaC experience with Terraform across multi-cloud.
• Strong proficiency in Ansible for config management and deployment.
• Solid experience with AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and related tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain automated cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines across AWS and Azure.
• Develop Terraform modules for multi-cloud provisioning and maintain IaC standards.
• Create and maintain Ansible playbooks for configuration management and app deployment.
• Build reusable automation frameworks and templates for common deployment patterns.
• Automate processes to improve efficiency and reduce human error.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Azure

GitHub Actions

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Git

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

AWS

Azure

GitHub Actions

CloudFormation

ARM Templates

Job description

GovCIO is hiring a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain automated cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines across AWS and Azure environments. This Arlington, VA based role is hybrid remote/onsite, requiring a strong passion for automation and IaC best practices.

The engineer will design Terraform modules, implement IaC standards, develop Ansible playbooks, and build modular automation frameworks. Clearance: Active Secret with potential DEA suitability.