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# Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Agelix Consulting
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $249,600.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Subnetting, Routing, Cloud Services, Prometheus, Management of Software Versions, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, AWS Lambda, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Data Management, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** June 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us7346d9b15c1168b417b526721c244757

## About the Role

* 7+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud-native solutions on AWS.
 * Strong proficiency with Amazon EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, API Gateway, and VPC networking.
 * Extensive experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation and state management.
 * Proficiency with GitHub Actions for building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
 * Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
 * Strong understanding of AWS security best practices including IAM, KMS, and encryption at rest/in transit.
 * Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).
 * AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate preferred.
 * Familiarity with federal compliance requirements (FedRAMP, FISMA) preferred.
 * Knowledge of tax-processing or large-scale government data platforms highly preferred.

## Description

* Design, build, and maintain cloud-native solutions on AWS with emphasis on scalability, security, and automation.
 * Implement and manage Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, including cluster configuration, scaling, and maintenance.
 * Develop serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and event-driven architectures.
 * Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated deployments and infrastructure changes.
 * Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for provisioning and managing AWS resources.
 * Configure and manage VPC networking including subnets, security groups, NACLs, and routing.
 * Implement and enforce IAM policies, roles, and permission boundaries following least-privilege principles.
 * Manage S3 storage solutions including lifecycle policies, versioning, encryption, and cross-account access.
 * Monitor cloud infrastructure health and respond to operational incidents and alerts.
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