Cloud Developer (5239)

SMX•Washington, DC

7h•Onsite

About The Position

Join a high-performance team where your cloud expertise directly powers the FBI’s mission-critical financial intelligence. As a Cloud Developer (Mid) at SMX, you will be involved with the digital transformation and building and maintaining the cloud-native infrastructure that supports global enterprise accounting and facilities management. You won't just be managing servers; you will be taking ownership of "can’t-fail" national security systems, transitioning legacy data into cutting-edge AWS environments. If you are ready to accelerate mission success through technical excellence and continuous improvement, we want you on our team. This position is on site in Washington, DC and requires an active Top-Secret clearance.

Requirements

Must possess an active Top Secret (TS) clearance.
Minimum of 3–5 years of hands-on experience in cloud development, with specific expertise in core AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, and RDS (Aurora PostgreSQL).
Demonstrated proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform/Ansible) and scripting languages such as Python or Node.js.
Proven experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab or similar enterprise-grade version control systems.
Ability to independently debug complex cloud stacks and resolve incidents within established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Developer – Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
Familiarity with Splunk for centralized logging and performance monitoring.
Prior experience or training with Tibco WebFOCUS or similar Business Intelligence platforms in a financial reporting context.
Familiarity with Docker or Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) for managing containerized microservices.

Responsibilities

Architect Cloud Delivery Models: Design and cloud frameworks to support Data Warehouse and Financial Reporting
Operationalize Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize Terraform and Ansible to automate the provisioning, configuration, and maintenance of AWS resources, ensuring a repeatable and auditable environment.
Lead Mission-Critical Migrations: Execute the technical migration of legacy data to secure AWS enclaves, refactoring workloads for optimal cloud performance.
Engineer DevSecOps Pipelines: Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab to integrate security gates and functional testing into every software deployment.
Optimize Performance & Cost: Conduct deep-dive analysis of cloud utilization to identify cost-saving opportunities and implement scaling strategies that maintain a target of 99.9% system uptime.
Enforce Security Hardening: Implement technical controls aligned ensuring all EC2 instances and containers are STIG compliant before production release.
Collaborate on Agile Solutions: Participate in all phases of the Agile process to solve complex debugging challenges across the full cloud stack.