Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS GovCloud AI/ML Infra (Remote)

Pantheon-Data; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantheon Data is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring 99.9% availability while meeting NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and CMMC 2.0 Level 2 requirements. You will partner with DevSecOps, manage multi‑account setups, and support secure generative AI workloads.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years with AWS (3+ in GovCloud), Terraform IaC, and strong networking/security skills. Remote work is supported with periodic office or client-site engagement as needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of AWS experience with at least 3 years in AWS GovCloud.
• Experience managing LLM infrastructure and RAG pipelines.
• Terraform IaC skills including remote state management.
• Deep knowledge of VPCs, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink and IAM policies.
• Proficient with SSM, Config, CloudWatch and security tooling.
• Familiar with FedRAMP High, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC controls.
• Able to work remotely in cross‑functional teams and meet deadlines.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Environment Management: provision and manage multi‑account AWS GovCloud environments.
• Cloud Operations: patching, backups, monitoring with CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
• Security & Compliance: apply hardening, vulnerability remediation, and compliance checks.
• CI/CD & Dev Support: integrate GHAS into deployment workflows and assist developers.
• Incident Response: perform root‑cause analysis for production issues.

Skills

AWS GovCloud

Terraform

VPC Architecture

IAM ABAC/RBAC

KMS

SSM

AWS Config

EKS / Kubernetes

CloudWatch / Grafana

Security & Compliance

Tools

AWS Organizations

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

GitHub Advanced Security

AWS Systems Manager

AWS Config

EKS

Kubernetes

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Job description

Pantheon Data is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring 99.9% availability while meeting NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and CMMC 2.0 Level 2 requirements. You will partner with DevSecOps, manage multi‑account setups, and support secure generative AI workloads.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years with AWS (3+ in GovCloud), Terraform IaC, and strong networking/security skills. Remote work is supported with periodic office or client-site engagement as needed.