Why This Role Stands Out
You can leverage your expertise in AWS cloud environments and infrastructure as code to design, build, and automate secure, scalable solutions for a key government customer, gaining valuable experience with cutting-edge technologies. This hybrid role is ideal for a mid-senior engineer with a Top Secret/SCI clearance who thrives on problem-solving and contributing to critical national security initiatives.
Quick Overview
Job Description
GCyber is hiring an AWS Cloud Engineer, to support our government customer. This person should have experience with infrastructure as code environments, automating patches and system configurations, and with designing and engineering commercial cloud environments, architectures, and designs. As the AWS Cloud Engineer, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, GitLab, Docker, and Amazon C2S services including EC2, RDS, Lambda, ELB, and S3.
- Configure, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including developing CloudFormation templates and using Ansible to automate deployments, configuration management, and system provisioning; spin up and configure EC2 instances to support scalable, highly available environments.
- Develop and implement automation using Python, including creating and deploying AWS Lambda functions, as well as Bash and PowerShell scripting, to streamline cloud operations, deployments, system administration, and infrastructure management.
- Execute cloud operations including monitoring, incident response, patching, vulnerability remediation, compliance, and security hardening across classified and unclassified environments while leveraging AWS services such as VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, KMS, and Config.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, test procedures, and operational runbooks while supporting Agile development, CI/CD, release management, integration, testing, and production readiness activities. Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- An active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance, with the ability to maintain a CI Poly
- BA/BS and 8-12 years of experience in Information Technology
- IAT II Certification (i.e., Security+, CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP)
- Experience with Ansible
- Ability to create Lamda functions using python
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS Cloud Formation
- Virtualization experience (spinning up and configuring EC2 instances)
- Experience with PowerShell
- Prior experience with DISA and DISA's support to mission partners preferred.
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