AWS Cloud Engineer (Remote)

Position Description: The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Engineer operates and maintains the full suite of AWS managed services and EC2-based infrastructure. This role performs adaptive, perfective, preventive, and corrective maintenance; implements Infrastructure as Code (IaC) governance; and supports multi-region enablement., * Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

• Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
• Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
• Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Security: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years

Federal Civilian Public Trust Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:

• Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events
• OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)
• DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)
• National Agency Check (NAC) records
• FBI name check
• FBI fingerprint check
• Credit report check
• Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment
• Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers
• Law enforcement check
• Court records check
• Education check - Attendance and Degrees

Acceptable Credentials

Tasks/activities include, but are not limited to:

• Operates and maintains all AWS managed services supporting Health Applications Platform Services (HAPS) including ElastiCache, RDS, DocumentDB, Kinesis, MSK, and Athena
• Ensures 99.995% incident-free availability for mission-critical managed service tiers
• Manages EC2-based platform services including Consul, Vault, Active Directory, Nexus, and Postfix
• Performs adaptive, perfective, preventive, and corrective maintenance
• Implements and maintains 100% IaC governance using Terraform for all managed AWS resources
• Prohibits and remediates manual production configuration changes
• Maintains code review cycle time within 3 business days
• Implements and operates centralized secrets management using HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager
• Ensures automated rotation for 100% of production secrets and manual rotation at least every 90 days
• Manages AWS certificate lifecycle for managed services
• Ensures 100% of TLS certificates are renewed 30+ days prior to expiration using automated mechanisms and immediately remediates any expired production certificates
• Participates in daily Change Control Board (CCB) meetings
• Ensures all AWS managed service changes are submitted 3+ business days in advance and validated within 2 hours post-implementation
• Supports the Multi-Region Enablement Plan including assessment of AWS managed services warranting multi-region deployment and data replication strategies with cost-to-benefit analysis
• Ensures all AWS managed services operate on VA TRM-approved software versions and contributes version compliance data to Program Increment Software Version Posture Reports
• Contributes AWS service health metrics, cost analytics data, and incident information to the Monthly Maintenance Report

Do you have experience in Virtual Private Clouds?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Minimum/General Experience: 3 years of experience in AWS cloud engineering

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in computer science, information technology, or related field, * Excellent experience operating AWS managed services in production GovCloud environments (e.g., ElastiCache, RDS, DocumentDB, Kinesis, MSK, Athena, S3) maintaining performance, availability, and cost efficiency

• Excellent experience managing EC2-based platform services (e.g., Consul, Vault, MongoDB, Atlassian tooling, Active Directory, Nexus, Postfix) in enterprise-scale AWS environments
• Excellent ability to implement and maintain 100% IaC governance using Terraform
• Excellent experience with AWS secrets management including HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager
• Excellent knowledge of AWS cost optimization including instance right-sizing, reserved instances, Savings Plans, S3 tiering, and cloud cost analytics
• Above average experience with AWS certificate management including ACM, certificate rotation automation, and PKI operations ensuring zero production disruption
• Above average knowledge of multi-region AWS architecture including S3 replication, RDS read replicas, ElastiCache cross-region replication, and data consistency considerations
• Working knowledge of AWS EKS managed node groups and the interaction between EC2-based services and Kubernetes workloads in a multi-VPC environment
• Experience supporting a federal agency
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

4.04.0 out of 5 stars Stafford, VA 22554 Remote $86,375 - $117,390 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Prescription drug insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance, CompensationBenefits: The annual projected pay range for this position is $86,375 - $117,390 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location.

Oxley Enterprises, Inc. offers a full array of benefits including:

• Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.
• Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.
• Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.
• Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
• 401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.

Oxley Enterprises, Inc. is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), and woman-owned small business (WOSB) that has 26 years of experience building and delivering quality IT systems and programs. Oxley is ranked in the INC 5000 7 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Oxley is a 2019 - 2025 Department of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award Winner. Oxley is Virginia Values Veterans certified.