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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Cloud Engineer - **Company:** Amentum Services, Inc. - **Location:** Annapolis, MD, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $278,000.0 - $308,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, 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, Prometheus, Runbook, Software Engineering, AWS Cdk, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Grafana, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** June 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=42831bd10f5a73f7 ## About the Role Do you have experience in VPN management?, Proven progressive responsibility and experience, collectively, with the following: * 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 (laC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, etc. * Knowledge of containers and platform workloads (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE). * Experience configuring monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, 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 Clearance Required: * TS/SCI w Poly Minimum Education: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. * Four (4) years of additional experience software development/engineering on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. Minimum Years of Experience: * 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. As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum's role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government. ## Description This team is focused on providing cloud-based geolocation solutions in near-real-time directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world. They define requirements and determine and solutions to enhance capabilities and integrate applications and data formats. With this team, you'll have the opportunity to exercise your skills in all facets of the systems engineering life cycle including requirements gathering, system design, testing, artifact development, and deployment in cloud environments., * 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., Safety - Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams. Quality - Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities. 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