Senior Cloud Engineer — Cloud, API QA, & Requirements

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support a secure government digital platform.

The ideal candidate is a technically fluent SysAdmin who can support AWS cloud platform operations, write and maintain Infrastructure as Code, and assist with DevSecOps workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and sustainment of cloud-based platform environments.
• Assist with AWS environment configuration, access management, deployment readiness, and operational support.
• Support Infrastructure as Code activities using Terraform or similar tools.
• Coordinate with DevSecOps engineers on CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, configuration management, and release support.
• Help document environment needs, access requirements, operational dependencies, and platform readiness criteria.
• Support issue triage related to cloud access, environments, configuration, deployments, and platform behavior.
• Participate in security and compliance support activities, including evidence gathering, vulnerability tracking, remediation coordination, and RMF/ATO-related documentation as needed.
• Participation in systems hardening for ATO support, including ACAS scan remediation and STIG compliance.

Required Qualifications

• 7\+ years of relevant experience as a DevSecOps Analyst, Systems Administrator, Platform Analyst, or similar role.
• Experience supporting technical delivery in cloud, platform, API, integration, or secure government environments.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud environments and cloud operations concepts.
• Familiarity with Red Hat Linux administration.
• Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts, CI/CD pipelines, version control, deployment processes, and release coordination.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while coordinating across distributed technical and non-technical teams.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Secret clearance required; must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting Department of Defense, Navy, or federal government programs.
• Experience with API authentication and authorization patterns such as OAuth, client credentials, JWT, certificates, API keys, or token-based access.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud or secure government cloud environments.
• Experience supporting RMF, ATO, IATT, NIST controls, STIG compliance, vulnerability management, or security compliance documentation.
• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, Git, or similar collaboration and delivery tools.
• Experience with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or similar automation tools.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, observability, access management, and operational support processes.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes configuration and administration.
• Experience with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, including API Manager, Exchange, Runtime Manager, Design Center, or related capabilities.
• Security\+ certification, AWS certification, MuleSoft certification, Terraform certification, Linux/Red Hat certification, Agile/Scrum certification, or related credentials.

Desired Candidate Profile

The strongest candidate will be a technically capable systems administrator who can move comfortably across platform operations.

This person should be able to:

• understand AWS and Terraform conversations,
• document requirements and technical assumptions,
• troubleshoot and triage issues

Work Location

Remote.

Clearance Requirement

• Active Secret clearance preferred. Candidate must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Pay: $105,000\.00 - $123,000\.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: Remote