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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Platform Engineer - **Company:** AdaptiveVets Solutions, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $125,163.0 - $147,250.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, CompTIA Security+, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Identity and Access Management, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Amazon ElastiCache, Istio, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Event Driven Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Hashicorp, Enterprise Integration, Route53, Terraform - **Published:** July 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4dbb4b6071df7ee3 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field (4 additional years of relevant experience may substitute) * 8+ years of hands-on cloud platform engineering experience in AWS environments * Expert knowledge of AWS GovCloud services including EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, Route53, RDS, DocumentDB, ElastiCache, Kinesis, MSK, and S3 * Proficiency with Terraform IaC, platform automation, and automated environment provisioning * Experience designing multi-region architectures, cross-VPC connectivity, and disaster recovery strategies * Familiarity with Istio service mesh and event-driven architectures Preferred Qualifications * AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer * HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Education: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or IT (Required) Experience: * AWS cloud platform engineering: 8 years (Required) License/Certification: * AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Preferred) * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Preferred) * HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (Preferred) * CompTIA Security+ (Preferred) Location and Ability to Commute: * Remote Security clearance: * Public Trust (Preferred), * Bachelor's (Required) Experience: * AWS cloud platform engineering: 8 years (Required) * Agile: 4 years (Preferred) Language: * English (Required) License/Certification: * AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Preferred) * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Preferred) * HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (Preferred) * CompTIA Security+ (Preferred) ## Description AdaptiveVets Solutions is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, maintain, and optimize enterprise cloud platform services for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)., * Design, implement, and maintain AWS GovCloud platform services including EKS, VPC architecture, IAM, Route53, load balancing, ElastiCache, RDS, DocumentDB, Kinesis, MSK, Athena, and S3. * Implement and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) for all environment provisioning and automated infrastructure operations. * Design and maintain multi-region architectures, cross-VPC connectivity, and disaster recovery strategies. * Support Istio service mesh configuration, event-driven architectures, and enterprise integration service operations. * Monitor platform performance trends, identify optimization opportunities, and improve resiliency and cost efficiency. * Ensure all platform components comply with Federal security, operational, and availability requirements including VA TRM and NIST standards. * Execute post-deployment production validation testing to confirm service stability after all changes. * Support automated configuration drift detection, remediation, and IaC governance processes. * Participate in 24x7 on-call operations and incident response. ## Related Videos - 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