Senior Cloud Engineer — AWS GovCloud, IaC & FinOps

Judge Group, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group, Inc. seeks a Cloud Engineer to support a large federal agency in Washington, DC. This on-site role requires hands-on cloud engineering, IaaS/PaaS management, and governance alignment with enterprise standards.

Qualifications include 5 years of cloud engineering, AWS Commercial and GovCloud expertise, and strong collaboration with cloud architects. The position emphasizes automation, CI/CD, and FinOps practices to optimize costs and performance.

Qualifications

• 5 years of cloud engineering operations, management, and governance experience.
• Degree in Computer Science/Information Management Systems or equivalent.
• Expertise with AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud platforms.
• Strong IT engineering knowledge across infrastructure, security, and networking.
• Experience on enterprise IT projects and clear written/oral communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and operational support for IaaS/PaaS and cloud migrations.
• Develop infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment.
• Guide cloud governance, guardrails, and cost optimization strategies.
• Implement IAM, security controls, spend management, and observability.
• Collaborate with cloud architects to align deployments to enterprise standards.
• Support FinOps with financial alerting and cloud project controls.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

Governance

FinOps

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science/Information Management Systems

Tools

DevSecOps tools

AWS GovCloud

Job description

The Judge Group, Inc. seeks a Cloud Engineer to support a large federal agency in Washington, DC. This on-site role requires hands-on cloud engineering, IaaS/PaaS management, and governance alignment with enterprise standards.

Qualifications include 5 years of cloud engineering, AWS Commercial and GovCloud expertise, and strong collaboration with cloud architects. The position emphasizes automation, CI/CD, and FinOps practices to optimize costs and performance.