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# Cloud Engineer 2 - (AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation)

- **Company:** Akina, Inc.
- **Location:** Cape Saint Claire, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $232,000.0 - $284,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apache ActiveMQ, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, System Configuration, Linux, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Key Management, Routing, Cloud Services, Runbook, Software Engineering, AWS Cdk, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Apache Kafka, Cloud Optimization, Cloudwatch, Terraform, OpenSearch, Docker
- **Published:** October 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e0dcef06-0816-4380-b392-99f4fbdc40ec

## About the Role

* Experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud infrastructure and services (e.g., compute, storage, networking, IAM)
 * Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud architectures
 * Experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, etc.
 * Knowledge of container and platform workloads (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE)
 * Experience configuring monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, PrometheGrafana, ELK/OpenSearch, etc. and responding to incidents
 * Experience implementing and testing backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies
 * Experience managing secrets and key management with tools such as KMS/KeyVault/Secret Manager, certificates, and rotation policies
 * Experience optimizing cloud cost and performance (e.g., tagging, budgets, rightsizing, autoscaling) and producing usage/cost reports
 * Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure issues across networking (DNS, routing, VPN), security, and service limits
 * Experience documenting architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures
 * Experience with Linux OS

CLENG2 Qualifications:

Six (6) years' experience in software development/engineering in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity, including at least four (4) years of experience in software development on systems utilizing cloud-related technologies is required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional experience in software development/engineering on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

## Description

This team is focused on providing cloud-based geolocation solutions in near-real-time directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world.

 * Migrate applications to cloud environments
 * Configure and maintain cloud infrastructures using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
 * Troubleshoot issues and identify root cause analysis
 * Generate after action reports to include new requirements and improved Tier 1 SOPs
 * Use ActiveMQ and/or Kafka
 * Support deployment strategies for high-availability systems
 * Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure (e.g., modernization, migration, roadmaps, etc.), ensuring that systems are designed and maintained following best practices and governance requirements
 * Build reusable modules (e.g., Helm Charts, Terraform, etc.) and enforce development standards for creation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
 * Continuously monitor the health and performance of the infrastructure and systems using logging and alerting, identify issues and implement solutions for improved efficiency
 * Provide strategies for failure/recovery (e.g., backup, high-availability, etc.), cost optimization (e.g., tagging, budgets, rightsizing, autoscaling, etc.) and benefit analysis of cloud services
 * Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system capabilities and efficiency
 * Contribute to deliverables (e.g., architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures) and performance metrics, where applicable, and provide knowledge transfer to internal teams
 * Stay abreast of emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to current systems