Cloud Engineer (2025-0119)

Acclaim Technical Services

$240K — $270K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Software Engineering roles
  • AWS certification (Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer or similar) required
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with OpenTofu and/or Terraform
  • Hands-on Kubernetes management experience
  • Proficiency with Ansible for configuration and automation
  • Advanced Git skills for version control
  • Beginner to intermediate Python scripting for automation
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or 10 years of experience in lieu of degree)

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage AWS infrastructure using OpenTofu or Terraform
  • Develop automation scripts and playbooks using Ansible
  • Manage and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes or EKS
  • Utilize Git for version control and CI/CD collaboration
  • Automate tasks and integrate systems using Python scripting
  • Architect and manage core AWS services for mission requirements
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for system health
  • Ensure security best practices and compliance with STE/STN standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare and wellness programs
  • Financial and retirement support
  • Family support benefits
  • Continuing education opportunities
  • Generous time-off policies
Full Job Description
We are actively hiring a Cloud Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph for a Prime contractin Annapolis Junction, MD.

The Cloud Engineer will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining our customer's next-generation cloud infrastructure primarily hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and drive automation across customer development, testing, and production environments, ensuring operational excellence, security and stability.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, implement, and manage AWS infrastructure using OpenTofu (or Terraform).
  • Configuration Management: Develop and maintain automation scripts and playbooks using Ansible for configuration management, patch deployment, and software provisioning on various compute resources.
  • Container Orchestration: Manage and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes (e.g., EKS) and related tooling.
  • Source Control & Collaboration: Utilize Git for version control, branching strategies, and collaborative development within a CI/CD pipeline.
  • Automation: Write and maintain scripts, primarily in Python, to automate routine tasks, integrate systems, and enhance operational efficiency.
  • AWS Expertise: Architect and manage core AWS services (e.g., EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, etc.) to meet mission requirements for performance, cost, and security.
  • Monitoring & Logging: Implement and maintain robust monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure system health and rapid incident response.
  • Security & Compliance: Apply security best practices to the cloud environment, ensuring compliance with STE/STN standards.
Required Qualifications:
  • 6+ years of professional experience working in a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Software Engineering role.
  • Proven practical experience with AWS - certification as AWS Certified Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer (or relevant cloud cert) will be required
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically with OpenTofu and/or Terraform.
  • Strong hands-on experience managing and deploying applications on Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in using Ansible for configuration management and automation.
  • Advanced skills in Git and experience with modern branching/merge request workflows.
  • Beginner to intermediate scripting skills in Python for automation tasks.
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts, STE/STN principles, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related discipline. Four (4) years of additional software development experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree for a total of ten (10) years of experience.

At ATS, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package such as: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here Employee Resources.

Pay Range: There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employee owners value the flexibility at ATS that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, career growth, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad mix of exceptional benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.

The pay range for this position is $240,000.00 - $270,000.00, DOE

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