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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AWS Cloud Migration Engineer - **Company:** Peraton Inc - **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $86,000.0 - $138,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe Analytics, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Customer Data Management, DevOps, Amazon DynamoDB, File Transfer, IBM WebSphere MQ, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Cloud Services, Ansible, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Scripting, Transport Layer Security, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), State Machines, Firewalls (Computer Science), Gitlab, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Information Technology, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Software Version Control - **Published:** July 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=69046625ef8470e5 ## About the Role * 7 years with AS/AA; 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhDor 9 years of experience and a High School Diploma. * Experience supporting or integrating message file transfer tools using Axway Secure Transport SFTP/HTTPS * Experience with GitLab for source control and CI/CD pipelines. * Experience implementing monitoring and logging solutions in the cloud such as: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, TEOS. * Experience with scripting (Shell, Python, or similar) for configurations and deployments. * Proficiency automating service tool deployments, such as Lambda, EC2, EKS. * Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems. * Knowledge of networking concepts (firewalls, ports, TLS/SSL, certificates) * Experience communicating with business users and stakeholders. * Must be a US Citizen. * Must be able to obtain/maintain the required agency clearance., * Strong background in AWS cloud engineering and development, including experience with services such as: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, EKS/ECS, Secrets Manager, Key Vaults. * Familiarity with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices. * Familiarity with Agile methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams (e.g., Scrum, SAFe). * Understanding compliance and security best practices in federal financial cloud environments. ## Description Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to be a part of a team supporting a federal financial customer. The successful candidate will help migrate critical customer data flows in a secure, agile, and innovative AWS environment leveraging GitLab for CI/CD and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. 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