Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer based in United States.

Join a high-impact engineering team responsible for building and securing mission-critical cloud infrastructure that supports large-scale cybersecurity training environments. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of resilient cloud platforms while ensuring compliance with rigorous government security standards. Working closely with DevSecOps, cybersecurity, networking, and operations teams, you will help deliver scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions. This position offers the opportunity to influence cloud architecture, mentor technical teams, and contribute to innovative projects that support critical national missions. If you thrive in complex environments and enjoy solving large-scale infrastructure challenges, this is an excellent opportunity to make a lasting impact.

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.
• Develop cloud landing zones, networking architectures, identity and access management strategies, and multi-account environments following security best practices.
• Implement infrastructure security controls aligned with Zero Trust principles, RMF requirements, DISA STIGs, FedRAMP, and DoD Cloud Computing standards.
• Build and optimize cloud-native services, including compute, storage, databases, Kubernetes platforms, and serverless technologies.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, configuration management, compliance, and security enforcement using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.
• Design logging, monitoring, observability, and incident response capabilities while maintaining platform reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, cybersecurity, and operations teams to deliver secure cloud solutions that meet evolving business and technical requirements.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring junior engineers, supporting production incidents, and driving cloud engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in cloud or platform engineering, including at least 5 years of hands-on AWS experience in production environments.
• Strong expertise with AWS services including IAM, VPC, EC2, EKS/ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route 53, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, KMS, and networking services.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation, along with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible or Chef.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, Zero Trust architecture, encryption, identity management, compliance frameworks, and government security standards including RMF, NIST, DISA STIGs, and FedRAMP.
• Experience designing Kubernetes-based platforms, cloud networking, observability solutions, SIEM integrations, and incident response processes.
• Relevant certifications such as Security+, AWS Professional certifications, CISSP, CASP+, CKA, or CKS are highly valued.
• Excellent communication, leadership, documentation, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret or Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Benefits

• Remote position within the United States with limited travel (approximately 10%).
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• Wellness program and Employee Assistance Program.
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term/long-term disability coverage.
• Education, certification, and professional development support.
• Generous paid time off, federal holidays, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.
• Opportunity to work on highly impactful cloud infrastructure supporting critical government cybersecurity initiatives.