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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Engineer - **Company:** ActioNet, Inc. - **Location:** Vienna, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $218,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Applications Architecture, Computing Platforms, Bash Shell, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Capability Maturity Model Integration, Signals Intelligence, Cyber Security, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Centers, Extract Transform Load (ETL), DevOps, Distributed Data Store, Groovy, Hazelcast, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Services, Security Software, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Information Technology Outsourcing, C4ISR, Performance Testing, Spring Cloud, System Availability, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Software Troubleshooting, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Code Restructuring, Devsecops, Docker, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.jobvite.com/actionet/job/oO9IAfwZ/apply ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field. * 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, or a related field, with significant experience in AWS environments. * 5+ years of AWS cloud migration experience, including understanding of application architecture, dependencies, modernization strategies, and migration from on-premises environments to AWS. * 5+ years of DevOps and CI/CD pipeline experience, including automation and scripting with Bash, Python, and Groovy. * 3+ years of containerization experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Charts, including deployment and management of both stateful and stateless applications. * 3+ years of experience implementing and managing externalized platform technologies, including one or more of the following: + Cassandra + OpenSearch + Hazelcast + Apache Kafka + Amazon MSK * 3+ years of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using Terraform and/or CloudFormation. * Hands-on experience using Terraform to provision and manage AWS services, including EKS, RDS, EC2, IAM, S3, and CloudWatch. * Strong understanding of AWS cloud architecture, networking, security, scalability, availability, and cost optimization. * Proven experience designing and implementing cloud-native applications and infrastructure. * Strong understanding of application migration strategies, including rehost, replatform, refactor, and modernization approaches. * Experience designing and supporting automated CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows. * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across cloud infrastructure, containers, Kubernetes, and application deployment environments. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage directly with customers and cross-functional engineering teams. * Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance., * Experience supporting large-scale data analytics, ETL, streaming, or data production environments. * Experience with AWS data and analytics services such as S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, Athena, Redshift, SageMaker, and QuickSight. * Experience with Kubernetes-based AWS environments, particularly Amazon EKS. * Experience implementing highly available and scalable distributed data platforms. * Experience with automated security, vulnerability, accessibility, and performance testing within CI/CD pipelines. * AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or other relevant cloud/DevOps certifications. ## Description ActioNet has an exciting opportunity for a Cloud Engineer to join our interdisciplinary team supporting the next generation of cloud-native data analytics and production systems for one of the nation's leading public data sources. The Cloud Engineer will play a key role in transforming legacy on-premises systems into scalable, secure, and highly automated cloud-native architectures supporting data production pipelines, dissemination platforms, and web-based analytics applications. Salary Range: 170,000-218,000 This role will focus on AWS cloud migration, containerized application platforms, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevOps/CI/CD automation. The Cloud Engineer will work closely with customers, architects, developers, and operations teams to understand existing application architectures, develop migration strategies, and design and implement scalable AWS solutions., * Conduct cloud readiness assessments and develop migration strategies and implementation plans for transitioning applications and infrastructure from on-premises environments to AWS. * Analyze existing application architectures and recommend cloud-native modernization and migration approaches that improve scalability, availability, performance, security, and operational efficiency. * Design, build, and deploy scalable AWS cloud solutions using services such as EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, and CloudWatch. * Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation to automate provisioning, configuration, deployment, and orchestration of AWS infrastructure. * Design, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm Charts, supporting both stateful and stateless workloads. * Develop and manage Kubernetes-based application deployments, including Helm chart development, configuration, scaling, upgrades, and operational support. * Implement and support externalized platform services including Cassandra, OpenSearch, Hazelcast, Apache Kafka, and Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka). * Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds, testing, infrastructure deployment, and production releases. * Develop and maintain DevOps automation and deployment scripts using Bash, Python, and Groovy. * Support large-scale cloud-native data processing and ETL workloads using AWS and associated cloud technologies. * Support database architecture, implementation, administration, capacity planning, and operations for highly scalable enterprise data platforms, including multi-terabyte environments. * Develop and implement migration solutions that maintain data integrity, high availability, and minimal downtime during transitions from on-premises environments to AWS. * Collaborate with customers and engineering teams to gather requirements, understand application dependencies, identify technical risks, and develop tailored cloud migration and modernization solutions. * Provide technical guidance on cloud architecture, containerization, Kubernetes, DevOps automation, IaC, and AWS best practices. * Troubleshoot and optimize cloud infrastructure, containerized applications, CI/CD pipelines, and supporting platform services. * Review security scans, accessibility assessments, and performance testing results; develop mitigation and remediation plans and support implementation of corrective actions. * Stay current with emerging AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, and cloud-native technologies and recommend improvements to existing solutions. * Provide technical leadership and mentoring to team members while ensuring adherence to established cloud and architectural standards., As an ActioNeter, you get to be part of an exceptional team and a corporate culture that nurtures mutual success for our customers, employees, and communities. We give you the tools to be successful; all you need to do is bring your best ideas, your energy, and a desire to develop your skills, experience, and career. 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