Senior Cloud Engineer — TS/SCI, CI Poly, AWS & IaC

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud solutions provider located in Reston, VA is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer I to enhance secure cloud environments. This role demands expertise in AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud security. Responsibilities include architecting scalable solutions and automating cloud operations, requiring active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. The ideal candidate will collaborate across teams and ensure compliance with security standards, contributing to national security efforts.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of experience in cloud engineering, designing and managing secure cloud infrastructures.
• Demonstrated expertise implementing AWS solutions at scale across IL5–IL6+ classification domains.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of AWS-based solutions.
• Develop and enforce cloud governance frameworks.
• Automate deployment and configuration management.

Skills

AWS cloud environments

Infrastructure-as-Code

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Linux

Windows Server

Python

Bash

DevSecOps practices

Education

CompTIA Security+ or equivalent DoD 8140/8570 certification

AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Associate/Professional or SysOps Administrator)

Tools

EC2

S3

Lambda

EBS

Job description

A leading cloud solutions provider located in Reston, VA is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer I to enhance secure cloud environments. This role demands expertise in AWS, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud security. Responsibilities include architecting scalable solutions and automating cloud operations, requiring active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. The ideal candidate will collaborate across teams and ensure compliance with security standards, contributing to national security efforts.