Cloud Engineer - Terraform + GitLab

As a Cloud Engineer specializing in Terraform and GitLab, you will play a pivotal role in automating the provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management of cloud resources across an AWS environment.

This is a hybrid role that can be based out of either Aberdeen, MD or Fort Belvoir, VA, and for most of the time, only 1 day of onsite work will be expected per week, but during deployments, 2-3 days of onsite work will be expected per week.

The Work:

• Your day-to-day responsibilities will center on designing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ensuring that cloud environments are both modular and reusable.
• You will architect and refine GitLab CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment workflows, enabling engineering teams to deliver applications rapidly and reliably.
• By embedding security and compliance checks directly into these pipelines, you will help enforce practices and maintain robust governance over all infrastructure changes. In this position, you will leverage advanced features of GitLab, such as branch protection, code reviews, and environment variable management, to implement GitOps workflows that keep infrastructure state consistent and auditable.
• Your expertise in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell will be essential for automating custom tasks and integrating with APIs.
• Additionally, you will utilize monitoring and resource tagging strategies within Terraform to optimize cloud performance and control costs.
• Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, will enable you to support microservices and cloud-native deployments, further enhancing the scalability and reliability of the environments you manage.

• Active / Interim Secret clearance or higher
• 3+ years of Terraform experience with deep understanding of Terraform state management (local, remote, Terraform Cloud)
• Experience with GitLab for code hosting and CI/CD pipeline management
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Security+ certified or equivalent in regard to DoD IT II requirements
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (IAM, VPC networking, compute), highly preferred
• Ability/willingness to work 1-3 days onsite per week in either Fort Belvoir, VA or Aberdeen, MD

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Ability to create and manage custom.gitlab-ci.yml files, runners, caching, and environment variables
• Experience with government consulting.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for microservices and cloud-native deployments Experience integrating policy-as-code tools (e.g., OPA, Sentinel) into CI/CD workflows Familiarity with GitOps workflows and branch protection strategies Knowledge of automated monitoring and resource tagging for cost optimization Experience embedding security (DevSecOps) into CI/CD pipelines

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