Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

CGI•Lafayette, LA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

CGI Federal seeks multiple Senior AWS Cloud Engineers to support cloud design, engineering, automation, and security for a major federal cloud modernization and analytics initiative. Engineers in this role will enable secure deployment of cloud-based applications, infrastructure components, and COTS tools across AWS GovCloud and Commercial environments. This position is located in our Fairfax, VA or Lafayette, LA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Requirements

Strong AWS cloud engineering background with emphasis on networking, IAM, and platform security.
Experience in infrastructure-as-code automation.
Proficiency in scripting and system automation.
US Citizenship and ability to meet federal clearance requirements.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Palo Alto firewall deployment in cloud environments.
Familiarity with multi-contractor Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

Build, deploy, and maintain multi-environment AWS infrastructure supporting analytics, prototyping, and operational workloads.
Implement automation using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
Develop and support CI/CD pipelines incorporating security at each stage.
Deploy and optimize Palo Alto firewalls across cloud regions.
Configure VPCs, subnets, routing tables, TGW, and related networking components.
Integrate cloud identity solutions including Okta, EntraID, PIV, and SailPoint.
Deploy, operate, and maintain a cloud-based Data Lake environment.
Support cloud connectivity solutions including Direct Connect.
Maintain compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements and support ATO-related activities.