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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Engineer - **Company:** American Chemical Society - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Network Address Translation, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, IP Routing, Subnetting, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Routing, Aws Command Line Interface (CLI), Runbook, Data Logging, Scripting, Load Balancing, Delivery Pipeline, Software Troubleshooting, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Jenkins - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/cloud-engineer-washington-dc-usa-58813776 ## About the Role Experteer Overview As a Cloud Engineer, you will own the AWS cloud environment, focusing on multi-account governance, security, automation, and operations. You'll partner with Application, DevOps, SRE, Network, and Security teams to maintain reliable, secure infrastructure at scale. You will drive automation, cost optimization, and governance initiatives to support development, staging, and production environments. This role offers the opportunity to shape cloud strategies while working across cross-functional teams in a dynamic setting. Compensation / Benefits * Manage AWS cloud infrastructure across development, staging, and production * Support AWS multi-account governance using Control Tower, Organizations, OU structure, and guardrails * Administer IAM roles, policies, permission sets, security groups, and least-privilege access * Operate AWS IAM Identity Center including permission sets and group-based access * Implement and maintain Service Control Policies for security and aaa scripts * Deploy and manage infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CLI, and automation scripts * Support networking components: VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT/GW, load balancers, DNS, VPN * Monitor resources with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty; manage security and monitoring tools * Manage secrets with Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, and Delinea; enforce encryption and access controls * Support cost optimization via right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, automation for shutdowns, budgeting * Create automation scripts in Python, Bash, AWS CLI, or Lambda; use Git and CI/CD for infrastructure changes * Maintain cloud architecture docs, runbooks, security controls, and runbooks * Participate in incident resolution, governance, and automation initiatives Tasks * 8+ years hands-on AWS experience * Strong knowledge of EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty * Experience with AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations, IAM Identity Center, and SCPs * IaC experience with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation * Solid understanding of AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, routing, DNS, load balancing, NACLs, NAT, gateways) * Linux administration experience * CI/CD familiarity (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline) * Git for version control and code reviews * Scripting/automation with Python, Bash, AWS CLI, or Lambda * Strong troubleshooting, security, encryption, logging, monitoring, and compliance knowledge * Clear communication and ability to work with cross-functional teams Key requirements * paid vacation leave * paid sick leave * paid holidays * health insurance * flexible spending account or health savings account * dental insurance","life insurance","vision insurance","retirement benefits","short- and long-term disability","4-week work from anywhere"] ## Description Experteer Overview As a Cloud Engineer, you will own the AWS cloud environment, focusing on multi-account governance, security, automation, and operations. You'll partner with Application, DevOps, SRE, Network, and Security teams to maintain reliable, secure infrastructure at scale. You will drive automation, cost optimization, and governance initiatives to support development, staging, and production environments. This role offers the opportunity to shape cloud strategies while working across cross-functional teams in a dynamic setting. Compensation / Benefits * Manage AWS cloud infrastructure across development, staging, and production * Support AWS multi-account governance using Control Tower, Organizations, OU structure, and guardrails * Administer IAM roles, policies, permission sets, security groups, and least-privilege access * Operate AWS IAM Identity Center including permission sets and group-based access * Implement and maintain Service Control Policies for security and compliance * Deploy and manage infrastructure with Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CLI, and automation scripts * Support networking components: VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT/GW, load balancers, DNS, VPN * Monitor resources with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty; manage security and monitoring tools * Manage secrets with Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, and Delinea; enforce encryption and access controls * Support cost optimization via right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, automation for shutdowns, budgeting * Create automation scripts in Python, Bash, AWS CLI, or Lambda; use Git and CI/CD for infrastructure changes * Maintain cloud architecture docs, runbooks, security controls, and runbooks * Participate in incident resolution, governance, and automation initiatives Tasks * 8+ years hands-on AWS experience * Strong knowledge of EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty * Experience with AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations, IAM Identity Center, and SCPs * IaC experience with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation * Solid understanding of AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, routing, DNS, load balancing, NACLs, NAT, gateways) * Linux administration experience * CI/CD familiarity (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CodePipeline) * Git for version control and code reviews * Scripting/automation with Python, Bash, AWS CLI, or Lambda * Strong troubleshooting, security, encryption, logging, monitoring, and compliance knowledge * Clear communication and ability to work with cross-functional teams Key requirements * paid vacation leave * paid sick leave * paid holidays * health insurance * flexible spending account or health savings account * dental insurance","life insurance","vision insurance","retirement benefits","short- and long-term disability","4-week work from anywhere"] ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity) - [Implementing Feature Environments with AWS and Terraform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/531-implementing-feature-environments-with-aws-and-terraform) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)