Cloud Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton • Annapolis Junction, MD

24d

About The Position

As a Cloud Engineer at Booz Allen, you will help modernize managed IT platforms and build, evolve, maintain, and secure cloud solution components for client missions. You will collaborate with cloud architects and engineers working across Amazon Commercial, GovCloud, and Azure, and use enterprise cloud platforms and DevOps practices to deliver technical solutions. The role includes creating and managing container applications and working with Kubernetes, while drawing on internal tools and processes to address client needs and modernize legacy platforms or create new ones.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience engineering and operating AWS cloud infrastructure, including multi-account networking with VPCs, Transit Gateway, and centralized egress and inspection.
• At least 3 years of experience writing infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation and delivering it through pull-request-based CI/CD pipelines with automated tests.
• At least 2 years of experience deploying and administering F5 BIG-IP, including LTM or Advanced WAF, in a cloud or hybrid environment.
• At least 2 years of experience deploying and administering Splunk, including universal forwarders, HTTP Event Collector ingestion, index management, and role-based access.
• Experience automating infrastructure operations using TypeScript, Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience using AI coding assistants or agents in daily engineering work and reviewing and validating AI-generated infrastructure code before release.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes, including Amazon EKS, Helm, and GitOps deployment with Argo CD.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems.
• DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting DoD Impact Level 5, FedRAMP High, or other accredited environments in AWS GovCloud, including FIPS endpoints and STIG-hardened images.
• Experience migrating workloads or tenants between AWS environments or accounts with minimal downtime, including IP re-addressing and DNS cutovers.
• Experience with AWS security and vulnerability tooling, including Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, AWS Network Firewall, Tenable or ACAS, and Trellix.
• Experience with identity and end-user access services, including IAM Identity Center, Keycloak, and Amazon AppStream 2.0 or WorkSpaces.
• Experience building agentic engineering workflows, including custom agent skills, automated pull request review, or agent-drafted documentation.
• Knowledge of CMMC Level 2, NIST SP 800-171, or NIST SP 800-53 controls and how infrastructure configuration produces audit evidence.
• Knowledge of software supply chain controls, including Cosign image signing, Kyverno admission policy, and JFrog Artifactory.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified Security - Specialty, F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator, or Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin certification.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and operate AWS cloud infrastructure, including multi-account networking.
• Write infrastructure as code and deliver it through pull-request-based CI/CD pipelines with automated tests.
• Deploy and administer F5 BIG-IP and Splunk in cloud or hybrid environments.
• Automate infrastructure operations such as patching, image builds, and account or access provisioning.
• Deploy and administer container applications using Kubernetes and related tools.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, engineers, stakeholders, and teams to build, evolve, maintain, and secure cloud solution components.
• Review and validate AI-generated infrastructure code before it is released.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave.
• Professional development.
• Tuition assistance.
• Work-life programs.
• Dependent care.
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.

What This Job Offers

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