Cloud Engineer – Mid-Level

BDR Solutions LLC•Herdon, KY

4h•$130,000 - $180,000

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
Must be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance

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