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Herndon, VA
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AWS Platform/Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Description
Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle?
Our partner is seeking an experienced AWS Platform / Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Build cloud platforms that have to work reliably even when conventional internet-connected tooling is unavailable. This is a hands-on opportunity to make sophisticated AWS infrastructure repeatable, secure, and easier to operate. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter.
The program you will be supporting is a highly classified, mission-critical modernization initiative. Your roles will be to help build next-generation cloud infrastructure and integration platforms that connect fragmented intelligence, operational data, and mission systems through APIs, MCP servers, and cloud-native technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Requirements:
Description
Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle?
Our partner is seeking an experienced AWS Platform / Infrastructure Automation Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Build cloud platforms that have to work reliably even when conventional internet-connected tooling is unavailable. This is a hands-on opportunity to make sophisticated AWS infrastructure repeatable, secure, and easier to operate. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter.
The program you will be supporting is a highly classified, mission-critical modernization initiative. Your roles will be to help build next-generation cloud infrastructure and integration platforms that connect fragmented intelligence, operational data, and mission systems through APIs, MCP servers, and cloud-native technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain infrastructure using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
- Develop CI/CD workflows and repeatable deployment patterns suitable for restricted environments.
- Automate configuration management, patching, and operational maintenance.
- Support AWS WorkSpaces, Amazon EKS, Systems Manager, and related platform services
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of DevOps or cloud platform engineering experience.
- Strong infrastructure-as-code experience, particularly AWS CDK with Python or TypeScript.
- Experience developing CI/CD pipelines and Git-based engineering workflows.
- Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with AWS WorkSpaces, EKS, and Systems Manager.
- Experience deploying automation into isolated or tightly controlled environments.
- Relevant AWS professional or specialty certifications; Security+ or CISSP where applicable.
Requirements:
- Active TS/SCI clearance; must be eligible for applicable SCI read-on/indoctrination and additional program-specific access approvals.
- Must reside within commuting distance of one of the following 4 approved secure work locations: Herndon, VA; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; or Denver, CO.
- Regular on-site work in an approved secure facility and occasional work at authorized customer facilities may be required. This is not a remote position.
- Full-time position, on-site
- Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status
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