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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Engineer - AWS - **Company:** DAVIS LAINE LLC - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Business Process Management, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Apache Maven, Network Diagrams, Cisco Nexus Switches, OpenShift, Cloud Services, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Web Application Frameworks, Grafana, Spring-boot, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Sonatype Nexus, Firewalls (Computer Science), Gitlab, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, AngularJS, Core Data, Performance Monitor, Apache Kafka, Amazon OpenSearch, OpenSearch, Jenkins, Databricks - **Published:** November 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9303985/cloud-engineer-aws ## About the Role Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, cloud infrastructure, or a related field, including hands on design and implementation of AWS based cloud solutions. Minimum 3 years of experience working in the U.S. in a public trust environment. AWS Cloud Engineer certification Experience designing and documenting cloud account architecture, including account contents, configuration, and diagrams, and developing cost estimates to support budget planning for new or expanded cloud accounts. Hands on experience with OpenShift, including Operator based deployments, and at least one of Amazon EKS or Amazon ECS, with the ability to perform tradeoff analysis across container platform options such as OpenShift, ROSA, EKS, and ECS. Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners and enterprise Jenkins server and agents, including the ability to evaluate and support decisions on target CI/CD architecture and execute a migration between them. Experience with AWS GovCloud or another regulated or government cloud environment. Experience with observability and monitoring tooling, including Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, and the ability to design and operate monitoring for scheduled maintenance, capacity scaling, and system health. Experience with FinOps practices, including proactive cost monitoring, anomaly alerting, and long term spend forecasting. Experience migrating self-managed or Operator based data and messaging services, such as OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, and PostgreSQL, to managed cloud equivalents such as Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon MSK, and Amazon RDS or Aurora PostgreSQL. Experience documenting and demonstrating compliance with FISMA and NIST 800-53 controls at the Moderate or High impact level, including producing artifacts to support authorization and continuous monitoring activities. Experience with infrastructure as code using Helm charts, AWS CloudFormation, and Ansible. Experience with software artifact and dependency management and supply chain security tooling, such as Sonatype Nexus Repository and Nexus Firewall. Demonstrated ability to operate at both a business/functional level, translating stakeholder needs and cost or budget tradeoffs into architecture, and a hands on technical level, leading implementation directly. Ability to create clear cloud architecture diagrams, account and network diagrams, and data flow diagrams to support design reviews and governance approval. Familiarity with Agile software development practices and Jira ticket management. Strong organization, self-management, prioritization, and problem solving skills in a fast paced, matrixed environment. Preferred Qualifications: Experience developing Java Spring Boot applications. Experience with Angular or similar front end frameworks. Experience with Maven. Experience with Databricks. Experience with Camunda or similar workflow and business process management engines. ## Description This is a hands-on cloud engineering role responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of cloud solutions within an AWS GovCloud environment. Landing zone and account provisioning are managed by a central organizational team. This role operates within provisioned accounts, including documenting account level architecture and developing cost estimates to support account budgets. The role also leads tradeoff analysis and implementation for the target container platform and CI/CD direction as the current OpenShift, GitLab, and Nexus based environment evolves toward AWS managed services, and owns ongoing operational monitoring, scaling, FinOps, security compliance, and observability once systems are in production. This role also requires engaging directly with business and functional stakeholders, not only technical teams., Design and document the architecture of each AWS GovCloud account provisioned by the central landing zone team, including account contents and configuration, and develop cost estimates to establish the budget for each account request. Lead tradeoff analysis across container platform options, including the current OpenShift environment, Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA), Amazon EKS, and Amazon ECS, and support the client through that decision. Implement the selected platform. Lead tradeoff analysis on the target CI/CD architecture, either refactoring existing GitLab pipelines with GitLab runners deployed in the new cloud accounts, or migrating to the enterprise Jenkins server and agents, and support the client through that decision. Implement the selected direction, including migration of existing GitLab environments and pipelines as needed. Support migration of core data and messaging services, including OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Apache Kafka, and PostgreSQL, from their current OpenShift Operator based deployment to AWS managed equivalents, and design the transition approach for systems that consume them. Own operational monitoring and observability across the environment, including capturing scheduled maintenance tasks such as upgrades and end of life tracking, monitoring resource utilization, and scaling capacity based on growth. Own FinOps monitoring for cloud spend, including proactive monitoring, anomaly alerting, and long term spend forecasting. Document and demonstrate compliance with FISMA and NIST 800-53 controls at the Moderate or High impact level, including producing the evidence and artifacts needed to support authorization and continuous monitoring. Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code using Helm charts, CloudFormation templates, and Ansible playbooks. Support software supply chain security practices using Nexus Repository and Nexus Firewall, including dependency and artifact management and vulnerability screening. Partner with client stakeholders and Deloitte teams, operating at both the business/functional and technical implementation level, to define cloud solution direction, priorities, and cost or budget tradeoffs. Coordinate with the central landing zone team, security, infrastructure, application development, and other workstreams on cloud architecture and implementation decisions. Support Agile delivery activities, including Jira ticket management, planning, prioritization, status reporting, and dependency management. Produce clear technical documentation and communicate cloud architecture, design decisions, risks, and recommendations to client and Deloitte leadership. Engage client stakeholders and Deloitte teams, leading at both the business/functional and technical implementation level, to define cloud solution direction, priorities, and cost or budget tradeoffs.