Cloud Systems Engineer

Sr. Cloud Systems Engineer

Location: Washington, DC

Work Authorization: US Citizen or Green Card

Position Summary

We are looking for a hands-on Cloud Systems Engineer to support an enterprise data platform hosted in AWS GovCloud .

The engineer will work with cloud, security, application, and platform teams to build and maintain AWS infrastructure, automate deployments, monitor environments, troubleshoot issues, and support secure cloud operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Support AWS services including:

• VPC

• EC2

• S3

• IAM

• EKS

• CloudWatch

• CloudTrail

• AWS Systems Manager

• Configure VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and cloud connectivity.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.

• Support and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

• Manage infrastructure code using Git-based repositories, preferably GitLab.

• Support containerized workloads running on Amazon EKS/Kubernetes.

• Monitor cloud environments using CloudWatch logs, metrics, alarms, and dashboards.

• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, networking, connectivity, and IAM issues.

• Support cloud security, logging, encryption, and access-control requirements.

• Assist with AWS infrastructure upgrades and configuration changes.

• Build development, sandbox, test, and proof-of-concept environments.

• Automate routine cloud administration using scripting, APIs, and command-line tools.

• Support AWS cost optimization and identify unused resources.

• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, architecture diagrams, and troubleshooting procedures.

• Participate in incident troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.

• Support capacity planning, scaling, and performance monitoring.

• Provision infrastructure and permissions for new applications and development teams.

Required Skills

• Good working knowledge of AWS.

• Experience or understanding of:

• VPC

• EC2

• S3

• IAM

• EKS

• CloudWatch

• CloudTrail

• Understanding of AWS networking concepts.

• Knowledge of IAM roles, policies, permissions, and least-privilege access.

• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Experience or familiarity with CloudFormation.

• Experience with GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket.

• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and deployment pipelines.

• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure and reviewing logs.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Skills

• Hands-on experience with Terraform.

• Experience developing or maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.

• Understanding of cloud security, encryption, secrets management, and secure access.

• Experience supporting AWS GovCloud environments.

• AWS certification is a plus:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

Key Technologies

AWS | AWS GovCloud | Terraform | CloudFormation | EKS | Kubernetes | GitLab | CI/CD | IAM | VPC | EC2 | S3 | CloudWatch | CloudTrail