Cloud Engineer Washington, D.C. 20224 18 months
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain cloud-native solutions on AWS with emphasis on scalability, security, and automation.
- Implement and manage Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, including cluster configuration, scaling, and maintenance.
- Develop serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and event-driven architectures.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated deployments and infrastructure changes.
- Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for provisioning and managing AWS resources.
- Configure and manage VPC networking including subnets, security groups, NACLs, and routing.
- Implement and enforce IAM policies, roles, and permission boundaries following least-privilege principles.
- Manage S3 storage solutions including lifecycle policies, versioning, encryption, and cross-account access.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure health and respond to operational incidents and alerts.
- Collaborate with architecture and security teams to implement compliant and optimized cloud solutions.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 7+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud-native solutions on AWS.
- Strong proficiency with Amazon EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, API Gateway, and VPC networking.
- Extensive experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation and state management.
- Proficiency with GitHub Actions for building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
- Strong understanding of AWS security best practices including IAM, KMS, and encryption at rest/in transit.
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate preferred.
- Familiarity with federal compliance requirements (FedRAMP, FISMA) preferred.
- Knowledge of tax-processing or large-scale government data platforms highly preferred.
