Cloud Engineer

NewGen

$100K — $140K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI CI Poly clearance with current Customer eligibility
  • DoD 8140 Compliance required
  • Willingness to work in SCIF as needed
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud-first development
  • 5+ years hands-on with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
  • 5+ years of advanced Python development experience with expertise in frameworks like FastAPI and Django
  • 5+ years of modern JavaScript/TypeScript experience including Node.js and frontend frameworks

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code principles
  • Architect and develop robust microservices architectures for scalability and performance
  • Build and optimize data engineering pipelines for large-scale processing
  • Lead full-stack development using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Python frameworks
  • Implement cloud-native solutions with serverless architectures
  • Drive technical excellence through code reviews and engineering best practices
  • Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems

Benefits

  • Work on a project with expected funding through 2027
  • Opportunity to contribute to national significance projects
  • Join a team of highly skilled specialists with unique expertise
  • Engage in innovative technologies and solutions
  • Collaborate in a secure and supportive environment
Full Job Description
Our Partner is looking for Engineers to join a project that has an expectation of mod/additional funding through July 2027.

Responsibilities
  • Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code principles
  • Architect and develop robust microservices architectures with focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability
  • Build and optimize data engineering pipelines for large-scale data processing and analytics workloads
  • Lead full-stack development initiatives using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Python frameworks
  • Implement advanced cloud-native solutions leveraging serverless architectures and event-driven patterns
  • Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architectural decisions, and engineering best practices
  • Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems and provide innovative solutions to business problems
Requirements
  • Active TS/SCI CI Poly, with current Customer eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts
  • DoD 8140 Compliance
  • Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with cloud-first development approach
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
    • 3+ years building complex, reusable CDK constructs and stacks
    • 3+ years implementing multi-environment deployment strategies using CDK
  • 5+ years of advanced Python development experience
    • Expertise in frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django for API development
    • Strong experience with data processing libraries (Pandas, NumPy, Apache Spark)
    • Proficiency in async programming and performance optimization
  • 5+ years of modern JavaScript/TypeScript development
    • 3+ years with Node.js backend development and npm ecosystem
    • 3+ years with frontend frameworks (React, Vue.js, or Angular)
    • Experience with modern build tools and package managers
  • 4+ years of microservices architecture design and implementation
    • Event-driven architecture patterns and message queuing systems
    • API design, versioning, and service mesh technologies
  • 4+ years of data engineering experience
    • ETL/ELT pipeline development using AWS services (Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Step Functions)
    • Experience with data lakes, data warehousing, and analytics platforms
    • Real-time data processing and streaming architectures
  • 3+ years with AWS cloud-native services
    • Advanced knowledge of Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS, SNS
    • Experience with data services: RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, S3, Athena
    • Container orchestration with ECS, Fargate, or EKS
  • Strong problem-solving abilities with proven track record of resolving complex technical challenges
Desired Skills
  • 4+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes in government environments
    • Implementation of NIST 800-53 controls and FedRAMP compliance requirements
    • Security automation and continuous compliance monitoring
  • 3+ years of experience with advanced data analytics and machine learning platforms
    • AWS SageMaker, Databricks, or similar ML/AI platforms
    • Model deployment and MLOps pipeline development
  • Database expertise across multiple platforms
    • Performance tuning and optimization for RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB
    • Data modeling for both relational and NoSQL databases
  • DevSecOps and security automation experience
    • Integration of security scanning tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx)
    • Secrets management and secure coding practices
  • System design and architecture experience
    • Designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity
    • Performance optimization and cost management strategies
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools
    • CloudWatch, DataDog, New Relic, or Prometheus/Grafana stacks
    • Distributed tracing and application performance monitoring
  • Leadership experience in technical environments
    • Leading cross-functional teams and technical initiatives
    • Experience with agile methodologies and project delivery
  • Additional programming language proficiency (Go, Java, C#)
  • Open source contribution history and active participation in technical communities


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