Cloud Engineer – Mid-Level

BDR Solutions • Herdon, VA

4h

About The Position

BDR Solutions LLC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support mission-critical federal platforms. This role focuses on AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes (EKS), and DevSecOps-driven operations to ensure high availability, scalability, and security. Key responsibilities include managing cloud environments, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, optimizing performance and costs, and supporting 24x7 operations. The ideal candidate brings deep AWS expertise, strong automation skills, and experience working in secure, high-availability environments.

Requirements

• Active MBI – mandatory; candidates in process do NOT qualify
• Current or recent IRS contract experience strongly preferred
• 7+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering
• Expert-level Terraform for automated IaC provisioning and management
• DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline design using GitHub Actions with SAST/DAST/secrets scanning
• Experience with Databricks Asset Bundles for workspace deployment automation
• Strong proficiency with EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and VPC networking
• Experience with blue/green and canary deployment strategies
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional or AWS Certified Developer preferred
• Willingness to support 24x7 on-call including off-hours deployment windows
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs)
• Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) — ACTIVE
• U.S Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience with monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of microservices architecture
• Experience with automated testing and deployment strategies

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the foundational DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline architecture using GitHub Actions for tenant onboarding automation
• Automate tenant workspace provisioning and IaC-based onboarding workflows using Terraform and Databricks Asset Bundles
• Enforce code quality, dependency scanning, and policy-as-code with approval gates and full audit trails
• Implement secure environment promotion through dev/test/prod for deliverables
• Support 24x7 CI/CD pipeline monitoring and failure remediation
• Maintain Platform Operations Runbook and IaC Baselines
• Contribute to tenant satisfaction by ensuring provisioning pipelines meet the 10-business-day SLA

Benefits

• BDR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level