Cloud Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, Cybersecurity Professionals, and customer teams to manage, modernize, and secure AWS-based platforms supporting DoW customers
• Build, maintain, and improve reusable cloud infrastructure patterns using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Support development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, security scan, deployment, and release workflows
• Aid application and engineering teams with onboarding workloads to platform services and standardized deployment patterns
• Assist with containerized workload deployments using technologies such as Docker, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, pipeline, container, networking, permissions, and deployment issues across development, test, and production environments
• Develop scripts and automation to reduce manual operational tasks and improve consistency, reliability, and delivery speed
• Help maintain platform services related to monitoring, logging, access control, configuration management, patching, and operational support
• Work with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure platform services and automation align with security, governance, and customer requirements
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new tools, technologies, and engineering practices that improve platform reliability and developer experience

Requirements

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Current CompTIA Security+ certification, or ability to obtain within the first 60 days
• Current AWS certification, or ability to obtain within the first 90 days
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, systems administration, infrastructure automation, or a related technical role
• Hands-on experience with AWS environments and core services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Security Groups, RDS, EFS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Systems Manager
• Experience developing, maintaining, or supporting CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or similar platforms
• Hands-on experience with containerization concepts and tools such as Docker, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, or AWS Fargate
• Proficiency with scripting or automation using Shell, PowerShell, Python, or JavaScript
• Ability to work and produce results in an agile, fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document technical processes and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Associate, Specialty, or Professional-level certification
• Experience with Terraform modules, remote state, workspaces, and reusable IaC patterns
• Experience with Git-based workflows, branching strategies, merge requests, and code reviews
• Familiarity with YAML and JSON for infrastructure, pipeline, and configuration definitions
• Experience with orchestration and automation tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, AWS Systems Manager, or similar technologies
• Experience with Kubernetes tooling such as Helm, ingress controllers, namespaces, or container registries
• Experience supporting secure environments subject to federal, Public Trust, NIST, or similar compliance frameworks
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, OpenSearch, Prometheus, or Grafana
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, generative AI tools, or AI-assisted development workflows
• Familiarity with Active Directory or LDAP-based solutions
• RHEL, Linux, or Windows Server administration experience