Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Peraton•,

3d•$104,000 - $166,000•Remote

About The Position

Peraton is looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to support development, modernization, and migration in a government multi-cloud environment with 70+ customer tenants and growing. The applicant must have extensive engineering experience and deep AWS expertise, including designing and leading implementation of cloud systems requirements and architecture. The Senior AWS Engineer will serve as a technical escalation point, drive root cause analysis on complex incidents, and provide mentorship and knowledge sharing across engineering teams. A passion for performance, strong desire for quality conformance, and attention to detail are prerequisites for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 8 of experience or an Associates degree and 10 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years of experience
US Citizenship required with the ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust Security Clearance (Entry on Duty)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification required
Experience designing, deploying, and supporting enterprise applications in AWS cloud environments
Hands on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS GovCloud
Experience supporting cloud infrastructure, application integration, and production environments in a DevOps or Platform Engineering environment
Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) for automation, configuration management, and deployment orchestration
Experience developing automation and scripting solutions using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages
Knowledge of AWS security services, IAM, encryption, logging, and FedRAMP security requirements
Experience troubleshooting production incidents, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions in enterprise environments
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop technical documentation and collaborate effectively with cross functional teams

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or relevant AWS Specialty certification (Security, Advanced Networking, etc.)
Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CodePipeline)
Advanced scripting with PowerShell, Python, or AWS CLI for automation and remediation
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Relevant Agile certification (SAFe, CSM, or equivalent)
Red Hat Ansible or equivalent configuration management experience

Responsibilities

Serve as the Tier 3 escalation point for complex incidents and outages within the AWS GovCloud environment
Lead investigation and resolution of issues across AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, Lambda, and IAM
Drive root cause analysis on high-severity incidents and own implementation of solutions to prevent recurrence
Manage high-priority incident communications with stakeholders, leadership, and affected tenants
Define and enforce monitoring standards across tenant environments using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Dynatrace, Splunk, and other tools
Lead proactive identification and mitigation of infrastructure risks before they impact tenants
Analyze system performance trends and architect optimizations to improve stability, efficiency, and security at scale
Lead management and maintenance of AWS GovCloud infrastructure across a 70+ tenant environment
Ensure all tenant resources are secure, FedRAMP compliant, and continuously optimized
Partner with the Architecture team to design and implement solutions aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework best practices
Own and enforce Change Management procedures across the team
Serve as technical lead for incident intake, triage prioritization, and team workload management
Mentor and train Tier 2 engineers; lead knowledge transfer sessions to build team capability
Drive improvements in team metrics and service delivery in coordination with the Service Delivery Manager and ISR Product Owner
Maintain comprehensive documentation of incident response procedures, architecture decisions, and lessons learned