Senior Cloud Engineer

For over 25 years, NEOGOV has been at the forefront of public-sector innovation, building technology that helps government and education organizations work smarter, move faster, and better serve their communities. We are a team of cutting-edge technologists, operators, and problem-solvers with top-tier skills and a shared ambition: to build the most efficient operating model in GovTech. We combine deep public-sector expertise with modern SaaS practices, AI-enabled workflows, and a relentless focus on execution. At our core, we are a people-first company, empowering our customers to support public servants, communities, and talented teams.

About the role

We’re looking for a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team and work closely with the product owner and other software engineers to ensure our SaaS product meets industry-leading standards of quality. This is a remote role available anywhere in the US.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deliver, and maintain features such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), our build and release platform, or customer-facing features.
• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, secure, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.
• Maintain and ensure compliance in a high-performance production environment.
• Deliver work in a reliable and maintainable manner by writing clean, testable code.
• Actively participate in team planning and identify ways to improve team velocity and quality.
• Maintain, test, and implement disaster recovery procedures.
• Perform infrastructure upgrades and updates to maximize system efficiency while minimizing downtime.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional work experience.
• 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS services, including CloudFormation, Auto Scaling, ECS, and Serverless architectures.
• Expertise in AWS CDK: Deep, hands-on experience using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to define infrastructure using modern programming languages.
• Software development experience with TypeScript, C#, or Java (essential for CDK implementation).

Skills

• Strong problem solver with excellent communication skills.
• Empathetic with a growth mindset and a desire to learn and embrace challenges.
• Able to learn new technologies quickly and independently.
• Innovative and passionate about your work.
• Desire to work in an operations environment that aspires to DevOps and SRE principles.

Nice-to-Have

• Strong Cloud fundamentals with an emphasis on AWS Well-Architected best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, MSBuild, and Git.
• Experience working in a “compliant” environment (e.g., CJIS, FedRAMP, or SOC2).

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.) for full-time employees.
• Generous PTO to support work-life balance.
• Remote working opportunities.
• 401K Matching.
• Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership.
• 12-week Paid Parental Leave.
• Inclusive and diverse environment.