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# Sr. Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $70,800
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Database, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Configuration and Change Management, Routing, Network Segmentation, Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Scrum Methodology, Cloud Services, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Software Troubleshooting, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Devsecops, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/38F8BC398DAF42AD9FBDC7AE06AEEC6C/job/

## About the Role

· Must have an Active Top Secret Security Clearance

· U.S. Citizenship

· Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud operations, or infrastructure engineering

· Hands on experience with AWS cloud services (compute, storage, networking, security, automation)

· Strong experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud automation tools

· Proficiency in cloud networking, VPC design, routing, security groups, and load balancing

· Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills, · Experience supporting federal modernization or national security programs

· Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

· Familiarity with microservices, distributed systems, and cloud native architectures

· Scripting experience (Python, Bash, PowerShell)

· Experience with performance tuning and cost optimization in cloud environments

Due to the nature of this government contract, US Citizenship is required.

## Description

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to support cloud architecture, deployment, optimization, and sustainment activities within a major federal modernization program. This role ensures secure, scalable, and high performance cloud environments that support application, data, migration, and DevSecOps operations. The Senior Cloud Engineer collaborates with Full Stack Engineers, Data Engineers, DevSecOps teams, QA Automation, and Product teams to build and maintain resilient cloud infrastructure aligned with mission critical requirements.

This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Your future duties and responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Engineering

· Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise applications and data pipelines

· Implement cloud native services, compute configurations, load balancing, and storage solutions

· Support modernization and migration of legacy workloads into cloud environments

· Ensure cloud deployments meet performance, scalability, and availability targets

Infrastructure Automation & DevSecOps Support

· Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tooling

· Support CI/CD integration and automation for application and infrastructure deployments

· Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and automated alerting

· Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to maintain secure deployment pipelines

Security & Compliance

· Implement cloud security controls including IAM policies, encryption, network segmentation, and auditing

· Ensure adherence to federal security standards within cloud environments

· Support vulnerability mitigation, patching, hardening, and continuous compliance activities

Troubleshooting & Optimization

· Diagnose issues related to cloud resources, network configurations, deployments, and integrations

· Perform root cause analysis on cloud performance degradations or service interruptions

· Work closely with development, testing, and migration teams to address cloud related issues

Collaboration & Agile Delivery

· Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical design discussions

· Provide technical guidance to engineering teams and support cloud adoption best practices

· Coordinate cloud activities across development, migration, testing, and operations workstreams

Documentation & Reporting

· Prepare technical documentation including architecture diagrams, configuration details, SOPs, and runbooks

· Provide updates on cloud performance, incidents, and optimization activities

· Maintain documentation supporting audits and operational continuity