Senior Cloud Maintenance Engineer - Peraton - Remote

The Remote Job Journal; United States; Remote; USD 86,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national security company is looking for a Senior Cloud Maintenance Engineer to ensure the reliability of cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will manage cloud environments, perform proactive maintenance, and troubleshoot issues while collaborating with various teams. This role offers competitive salary and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience required.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure or GCP preferred.
• Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and update cloud-based infrastructure.
• Perform routine system checks and maintain documentation.
• Ensure compliance with security standards.

Skills

Communication

Problem-Solving

Automation

Cloud Support

Infrastructure Maintenance

Education

BS/BA Degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD tools

Bash

Python

GitHub

GitLab

Kubernetes

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Maintenance Engineer to support the daily operations and long-term reliability of our cloud-based infrastructure. This role is critical for ensuring uptime, performing proactive maintenance, troubleshooting issues and implementing fixes across our cloud environments (AWS). You’ll work closely with DevOps, security and application teams to keep systems running smoothly and securely.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage runner images and update versions. Update docker images
• Ensure proper tagging and cleanup of inactive runners
• Perform IaC maintenance and hygiene
• Maintain and track common vendor container images
• Perform routine system checks, backups and updates
• Maintain accurate documentation on infrastructure and procedures
• Patch assessment and maintenance of infrastructure software, to include third party software patches
• Develop a patch testing schedule and rollout plan to include rollback and recovery
• Maintain metrics and reporting for all infrastructure currency
• Ensure data persistence and durability by utilizing an appropriate tier of cloud services
• Create and manage change records.
• Participates in PI planning/ Agile ceremonies
• Keep cloud environments compliant with security standards and best practices

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA. Additional 4 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of the degree
• 8+ years of IT experience
• Experience in cloud support, infrastructure maintenance or IT operations
• Familiarity with at least one major cloud platform; AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GibHub, GitLab, Kubernettes, DevOps)
• Scripting skills for automation and maintenance tasks (Bash, Python)
• Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Associate)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to diagnose performance issues in cloud environments
• Pre-check and post-check scripts for validating system health

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.