Cloud Systems Engineer
$85,000–$110,000 year
On-siteWashington, United States or District of Columbia, United States
Job Summary
Provision, configure, and maintain AWS infrastructure components for the Enterprise Data Platform, including networking, compute, storage, and identity management. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation to automate repeatable deployments across development, testing, and production environments. Support CI/CD pipelines, monitor platform health via CloudWatch and CloudTrail, and troubleshoot connectivity, permissions, and operational issues in coordination with senior engineers. Assist with containerized workloads on Amazon EKS, implement secure cloud configurations, and maintain technical documentation for audit and compliance activities. Build development and proof-of-concept environments while supporting cost management and platform scaling efforts.
Required Qualifications
- Working knowledge of core AWS services and concepts, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
- Foundational understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and connectivity between cloud resources
- Familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including roles, policies, permissions, and least-privilege access concepts
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and experience or familiarity with AWS CloudFormation
- Experience using source/version control systems such as GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket
- Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tooling, including automated build, test, deployment, and environment promotion processes
- Familiarity with cloud monitoring and logging concepts using services such as CloudWatch and CloudTrail
- Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, analyze logs and system behavior, and work collaboratively with other engineering teams to resolve problems
- Ability to learn new cloud technologies, tools, and engineering practices and apply them under guidance from senior engineers
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to document technical configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
Desired Qualifications
- GitLab preferred
- Basic understanding of containerization and container orchestration concepts
- Familiarity with Amazon EKS/Kubernetes
- Basic understanding of cloud security practices, including secrets/configuration management, secure access, logging, and encryption
- Hands-on experience provisioning AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation or another Infrastructure as Code technology
- Experience developing or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitLab CI/CD
- Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure automation frameworks
- Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and Amazon EKS administration
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