Senior Cloud Performance Engineer – AWS GovCloud (Remote)

Tripoint Solutions LLC; Arkansas City (KS); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits witha

401(k) Retirement Plan

Professional Development Reimbursement

Mobile phone reimbursement

Job summary

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will collaborate with the cloud team, Salesforce and data integrations to keep environments secure, available, and compliant.

This remote role requires residency in the United States and willingness to relocate to supported states if needed. Responsibilities include provisioning AWS GovCloud resources, integrating with Salesforce/MuleSoft, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or operations.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud experience.
• Hands-on AWS experience across compute, storage, networking, and identity, including VPC design, subnetting, routing peering, Route 53, load balancing, and VPN or Direct Connect.
• Experience integrating AWS with Salesforce, and hands-on MuleSoft experience.
• Hands-on AWS Glue experience.
• Proficiency with IAM policy design, KMS, and least-privilege access models.
• Linux system administration.
• Proficiency in Python for automation and scripting.
• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline experience using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of cloud security principles and hardening practices.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
• Salesforce or MuleSoft certification.
• Risk Management Framework, ATO support, STIG implementation, or vulnerability scanning with ACAS or Nessus.
• Monitoring and observability with CloudWatch or Splunk.
• Prior federal contract experience.
• Video is required throughout the interview process and for standups, sprint ceremonies, working sessions, and stakeholder meetings.

Responsibilities

• Provision, configure, and operate AWS GovCloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, VPCs, subnets, security groups, and Route 53.
• Build and support integrations between AWS and Salesforce, including MuleSoft-based interfaces.
• Build and maintain AWS Glue pipelines that move data securely between source systems.
• Implement S3 lifecycle, tiering, and retention policies.
• Secure RDS and other data services with least-privilege access, encryption, and network isolation.
• Implement and maintain IAM policies, KMS key management, and secrets management.
• Build automated security scanning, dependency validation, and continuous monitoring into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support STIG implementation, Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities, and vulnerability remediation on contractual timelines.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, rollback procedures, and change control artifacts that support high-availability standards.
• Automate operational work using Python.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Python scripting

Linux administration

Security best practices

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related field

Tools

AWS GovCloud

AWS services

Salesforce

MuleSoft

AWS Glue

IAM/KMS

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

CloudWatch/Splunk

Job description

Tripoint Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build, operate, and automate AWS GovCloud infrastructure for a federal education program. You will collaborate with the cloud team, Salesforce and data integrations to keep environments secure, available, and compliant.

This remote role requires residency in the United States and willingness to relocate to supported states if needed. Responsibilities include provisioning AWS GovCloud resources, integrating with Salesforce/MuleSoft, and