Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS GovCloud & AI Infra

Pantheon Data; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantheon Data in the Washington, DC area is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the operational management of AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring 99.9% availability and compliance with NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and CMMC 2.0 Level 2. You will partner with DevSecOps to automate using Terraform and manage multi-account setups, while providing escalation support for developers.

This role supports remote work within the United States and requires strong experience with cloud security, IaC, and AWS

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, with at least 3 years specifically in AWS GovCloud.
• Familiarity with managing LLM infrastructure and RAG pipelines.
• Terraform skills, including module development and remote state management in a cross-account environment.
• Advanced knowledge of VPC architecture (Transit Gateways, PrivateLink, VPC Endpoints), IAM (ABAC/RBAC), and encryption via AWS KMS.
• Operational tooling: SSM, Config, and Grafana/CloudWatch for observability.
• Compliance frameworks: FedRAMP High, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC v2/3 controls.
• Ability to work effectively remotely in cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Environment Management: Provision and manage multi-account AWS GovCloud environments using Terraform and AWS Organizations, ensuring strict isolation of CUI, commercial data.
• Cloud Operations & Monitoring: Day-to-day operations including automated patching (SSM), backup verification (AWS Backup), and continuous monitoring (CloudWatch, CloudTrail).
• Security & Compliance Ops: Regular security updates, image hardening, vulnerability remediation; ensure endpoints meet FIPS 140-3 requirements.
• CI/CD & Dev Support: Integrate GHAS into deployment workflows and troubleshoot cloud environment issues (IAM policy, VPC routing, EKS connectivity).
• Incident Response: Lead root-cause analysis for performance bottlenecks and production/staging incidents.

Skills

AWS

AWS GovCloud

LLM infrastructure

Python

Bash

Terraform

Networking

IAM ABAC/RBAC

KMS

SRE/DevOps

Kubernetes

EKS

GitHub Advanced Security

Security & compliance

Education

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate

Tools

Terraform

AWS Organizations

AWS Systems Manager

AWS Config

Grafana

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

KMS

EKS

Job description

Pantheon Data in the Washington, DC area is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the operational management of AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring 99.9% availability and compliance with NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and CMMC 2.0 Level 2. You will partner with DevSecOps to automate using Terraform and manage multi-account setups, while providing escalation support for developers.

This role supports remote work within the United States and requires strong experience with cloud security, IaC, and AWS