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# Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** SWIFT
- **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Linux, DevOps, Github, Ansible, YAML, Load Balancing, AWS Lambda, Git, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Jenkins
- **Published:** June 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9002623/senior-aws-cloud-engineer

## About the Role

* 3+ years of relevant DevOps experience
 * Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) and auto-scale groups with AWS EC2
 * Experience setting up alarms, dashboards, and alerts with AWS CloudWatch
 * Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3
 * Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation using YAML templates
 * Strong Linux troubleshoots skills
 * Bash scripting experience
 * Ability to set up, build, and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
 * Experience using Ansible for server automation
 * Strong knowledge of git and version control for IaC in GitHub
 * Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
 * US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience:

 * Setting up API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions
 * Experience working with SQS and SNS
 * Experience with setting up and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
 * Experience with working with multiple teams
 * Experience working in an Agile work environment on two-week sprints
 * AWS Certified

## Description

Swift is looking for a skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team in Herndon, VA. The Cloud Engineer leverages DevOps expertise and will be responsible for deploying and maintaining multiple development teams' AWS infrastructure along with utilizing CloudFormation and Ansible to automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure. They will manage all scripts and templates in GitHub utilizing git for version control, assist security with implementing security controls to ensure compliance, and actively monitor servers and infrastructure for issues while setting up and maintaining Jenkins pipelines.


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