Senior Cloud Engineer

Piper Companies; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support federal modernization, cloud transformation, and mission-critical initiatives. This on-site role is in Huntsville, AL, with responsibilities spanning design, deployment, and optimization of secure cloud infrastructure for enterprise applications and data platforms.

You will design IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation, integrate CI/CD pipelines, and ensure security controls across IAM, encryption, and network segmentation while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cloud engineering, operations, or infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on with AWS compute, storage, networking, security, and automation.
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure for enterprise apps and data workloads
• Develop and maintain IaC solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
• Support CI/CD, cloud automation, monitoring, logging, and observability
• Maintain cloud security controls including IAM, encryption, segmentation, compliance

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

IaC

CI/CD

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support a company focused on federal modernization, cloud transformation, and mission-critical technology initiatives. This position is on-site in Huntsville, AL. The Senior Cloud Engineer will design, deploy, optimize, and sustain secure cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications, data platforms, and DevSecOps operations. This is an opportunity to play a key role in modernizing critical government systems while ensuring scalable, resilient, and secure cloud environments supporting high-impact national missions.

Responsibilities for the Senior Cloud Engineer include:

• Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications, data workloads, and modernization initiatives
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar automation tools
• Support CI/CD pipeline integration, cloud automation, monitoring, logging, and observability initiatives
• Implement and maintain cloud security controls including IAM, encryption, network segmentation, compliance, and vulnerability remediation
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues while collaborating with engineering, migration, testing, and operations teams

Required Qualifications for the Senior Cloud Engineer include:

• 8+ years of experience with cloud engineering, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including compute, storage, networking, security, and automation
• Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD pipelines, cloud networking, troubleshooting, and technical documentation
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance

Compensation for the Senior Cloud Engineer include:

• Salary Range: Competitive Salary Depending on Experience
• Full Benefits Package: PTO, Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Tuition Reimbursement, Sick Leave as Required by Law