AWS Cloud Engineer

Mount Indie
Washington, DC, United States
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Cloud Engineering Computer Networks Identity and Access Management Linux System Administration Machine Learning Open Source Technology Azure Machine Learning Search Technologies
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System Availability Large Language Models Cloudformation SC Clearance Uipath Kubernetes Information Technology Cloudwatch Terraform

Job description

As an AWS Cloud Engineer, you will design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and services to support advanced AI/ML applications, including vector database services and large language model (LLM) deployments. You will collaborate with government enterprise cloud teams to ensure compliance with performance, scalability, and security requirements. If you have a passion for helping clients and are looking to be a key player within an innovative program utilizing cutting edge technology, this role is for you.

In this role you will:

  • Design, configure, and manage AWS services such as EKS, ASGs, NLB, EC2, S3, and EFS.
  • Implement and maintain vector database services and LLM services using open-source models, including Llama.
  • Deploy and manage Llama-based large language models on AWS infrastructure.
  • Optimize and scale vector database solutions for high-performance applications such as semantic search and real-time AI analytics.
  • Collaborate with government enterprise cloud teams to ensure high availability, optimal performance, and scalability of AI/ML services.
  • Optimize AWS resource utilization and costs for AI/ML workloads, including GPU-based EC2 instances.
  • Design and implement AWS security best practices, including identity and access management controls.
  • Support cloud Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements, including security control assessments and documentation.
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
  • Configure monitoring solutions with AWS CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and other compliance tooling.
  • Work with development teams to integrate Llama and vector database solutions into cloud workflows.
  • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for cloud architecture, configurations, and processes.

Requirements

  • Current Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
  • Minimum of five (5+) years in AWS infrastructure engineering, preferably in government environments such as AWS GovCloud.
  • Proven experience working directly with federal end customers.
  • Strong Linux administration skills, expertise in Kubernetes (specifically EKS), and proficiency in AWS services like EC2 (including GPU nodes and clusters), S3, EBS, and CloudWatch are essential.
  • Familiarity with continuous monitoring and compliance tools, along with AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, is highly desirable.
  • Strong experience with the DoD ATO Process
  • Candidates must be physically located within the DC Metropolitan area with the ability to be on site at the Washington Navy Yard 3 days a week., * Experience with vector database solutions and LLM deployments, including Llama, as well as designing and maintaining hybrid and cloud network architectures.
  • Experience working with agentic frameworks and tools (LLMs, Agents, RAG, MCP, etc.)
  • UiPath technical leadership / SA experience (RPA, DU, and other products)

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