Cloud Engineer

SteerBridge•Vienna, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

SteerBridge is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build and operate the AWS GovCloud infrastructure behind a mission-critical Defense Aviation platform used by federal customers. This role focuses on the day-to-day engineering of secure, automated cloud environments that host fleet readiness, maintenance, and logistics workloads. The engineer will work directly with solutions architects, security engineers, data teams, and platform owners to provision infrastructure as code, automate hardened image pipelines, and keep production environments reliable, compliant, and observable. This is a hands-on role. The ideal candidate is comfortable across Linux and Windows environments, writes infrastructure as code, automates repetitive operational work, and methodically troubleshoots networking, identity, and compute issues in a regulated cloud. SteerBridge operates in AWS GovCloud and applies hardened, STIG-aligned baselines and automated CI/CD pipelines to deliver infrastructure that meets DoD security expectations. Cloud engineers keep these systems running and continuously improve their automation, resilience, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship required
3+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, preferably with AWS
Strong experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation)
Proficiency administering Linux and Windows systems in cloud environments
Solid understanding of cloud networking including VPC, subnets, routing, DNS, and security groups
Experience with IAM, least-privilege access, and cloud security fundamentals
Scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines
Strong troubleshooting skills and a methodical, root-cause approach

Nice To Haves

Experience in AWS GovCloud or other regulated or federal cloud environments
Familiarity with STIG hardening, DISA baselines, or DoD compliance frameworks
Experience with EC2 Image Builder or other automated golden-image pipelines
Experience with Amazon WorkSpaces and Active Directory-integrated environments
AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Associate or SysOps Administrator
Experience supporting aviation, defense, or logistics systems

Responsibilities

Provision and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
Build and maintain automated, STIG-hardened container pipelines using ECR and ECS
Automate provisioning, patching, and configuration management across Linux and Windows fleets
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment
Manage core services including EC2, VPC networking, S3, IAM, and supporting WorkSpaces environments
Monitor production environments and respond to operational issues using CloudWatch and related tooling
Troubleshoot networking, DNS, identity, and compute issues across hybrid, Active Directory-integrated environments
Implement and tune logging, metrics, and alarms to maintain visibility while reducing alert noise
Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for production workloads
Drive continuous improvement in reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
Apply hardened baselines and least-privilege IAM policies across cloud resources
Remediate findings and reduce access-control noise in coordination with the security team
Support audit, compliance, and authorization activities with accurate documentation and evidence
Work closely with architects and security engineers to implement designs securely and reliably
Document infrastructure, runbooks, and automation for the broader team
Participate in design reviews, backlog refinement, and sprint planning