AWS Cloud Engineer - Security with Security Clearance

AWS Cloud Engineer Location: Currently Fully Remote (On-site in Reston VA, if needed in future) Work Status: US citizens only due to federal/government requirement. What is the Project:

We’re building a shared AWS cloud infrastructure platform to be used by tenant application development teams. This is a greenfield infrastructure platform build, supporting other teams who are conducting 100% cloud-native application development. We are not working with any legacy migration, no lift and shift, only new cloud-native development. The platform is EKS on Terraform, heavily leveraging IaC managed through robust CI/CD automation. We are not directly building customer-facing applications – We’re focused on the shared AWS infrastructure platform that enables other teams building customer facing apps, who we partner with closely. We provide AWS architectural consultation and coordination regarding the shared infrastructure services we provide to our tenant app dev teams. Who does the Project Need:

We’re looking for deep, hands-on expertise in Terraform on EKS, AWS networking, CI/CD automation, and GitLab. This is a highly technical, architect-level role requiring someone who is self-directed, comfortable writing production-grade IaC, and experienced in building and maintaining scalable, secure environments. This role is hands-on in the IaC on a daily basis. The ideal candidate can work independently, drive solutions from concept to implementation, and interface confidently with application teams. This is not a junior or entry-level engineering position—we have those roles staffed already. We're seeking someone with advanced technical skill, mature judgment, and the ability to deliver high-impact results from day one. Required Skills/Experience • US Citizenship Required • Must have SECRET clearance (or DHS full clearance) • At least 8 years or more experience in the field • Advance knowledge and hands-on experience in architecting, implementing, and operationalizing multi-tier production stacks in AWS • Experience with deploying, testing, and managing enterprise applications in the cloud environments • Passionately practices Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar • Lives and breathes automation pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitLab, or similar • Strong system administration experience in Linux with fluency in Bash • Strong understanding of AWS networking services, including VPC, route tables, VPC flow logs, VPC peering, ALB/NLB • Strong knowledge and understanding of Kubernetes (EKS), Cluster Management, Docker/Containers and how to troubleshoot Kubernetes deployments • Experience securing cloud environments • Fluency in at least one major programming language such as TypeScript, Java, Python or similar • Familiarity with different auditing mechanisms/tools within AWS and integration with Splunk • A minimum of three years of experience designing and implementing security countermeasures to maintain system compliance with DISA STIGs or similar U.S. Government security compliance regime Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field Preferred Skills/Experience: Experience with: AWS (EC2, ECS, EMR, S3, ECR, RDS, CloudFormation, Lambda, EKS), Ansible, Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Commons Libs, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Apache Spark, Apache Sqoop, Apache Tomcat, Amazon CloudWatch, Cassandra, Confluent, Consul, Docker, Elastic search, Git / Enterprise GitHub, GitLab, Golden Gate,, Gradle, Hibernate 4, Jenkins, Jira, Junit, Kafka / Zookeeper, Keras, Kibana, Logstash, Maven, Node.js/NPM, OpenShift, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Solr, SonarQube, Spark/Scala, Splunk, Spring Framework, SQL Server, Terraform, Twistlock.