Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS, IaC & High Availability

Amentum company; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 215,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a senior SWE to design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure supporting near-real-time geolocation solutions. The role emphasizes AWS-based architectures, IaC, containerized workloads, and robust incident response. Clearance TS/SCI w/FSP is required, with a strong focus on cost efficiency and high availability.

You will build reusable IaC modules, monitor systems, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with cross-functional teams on roadmaps and strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven progressive responsibility with cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration and management (compute, storage, networking, IAM).
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud architectures.
• Experience developing and maintaining IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, etc.
• Knowledge of containers and platform workloads (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE).
• Development experience with Java and React.
• Experience configuring monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch; Prometheus/Grafana; ELK/OpenSearch) and responding to incidents.
• Experience implementing backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies.
• Experience managing secrets and key management (KMS/KeyVault/Secret Manager) and rotation policies.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure (e.g., modernization, migration, roadmaps).
• Build reusable IaC modules (e.g., Helm Charts, Terraform) and enforce development standards for IaC.
• Continuously monitor health and performance; log and alert for efficiency improvements.
• Provide strategies for failure/recovery, cost optimization, and cloud service benefits.
• Participate in continuous improvement to enhance system capabilities and efficiency.
• Contribute to runbooks, architectures, and operational procedures; transfer knowledge to internal teams.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and recommend system enhancements.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Docker

Java

React

Monitoring/logging

Disaster recovery

Cost optimization

Networking & security

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related

Tools

Helm Charts

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/OpenSearch

Job description

Amentum is seeking a senior SWE to design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure supporting near-real-time geolocation solutions. The role emphasizes AWS-based architectures, IaC, containerized workloads, and robust incident response. Clearance TS/SCI w/FSP is required, with a strong focus on cost efficiency and high availability.

You will build reusable IaC modules, monitor systems, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with cross-functional teams on roadmaps and strategy.