AWS Cloud Engineer

GCyber•Arlington, VA

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners preferred.

Responsibilities

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.

Benefits

26 Days of Paid Leave + Annual PTO Increase
An extra day of paid leave for every year of employment with GCyber
Paid Parental Leave
Additional Leave Allowances for Military Duty, Jury Duty, and Bereavement Leave
401(k) Matching
100% Company-funded Disability Insurance
90% Company-Funded Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, with contributions to insurance benefits for spouses, children, and family members
Training and Professional Development Plans
Commuter Benefits Plan
Parking and Transportation Allowance