Senior AWS Cloud Engineer Category: Infrastructure/Cloud
Main location: United States, Louisiana, Lafayette
Position ID:J0626-1268
Employment Type: Full Time
U.S. - CGI Federal- Federal Regulatory
Position Description: CGI Federal seeks multiple Senior AWS Cloud Engineers to support cloud design, engineering, automation, and security for a major federal cloud modernization and analytics initiative. Engineers in this role will enable secure deployment of cloud-based applications, infrastructure components, and COTS tools across AWS GovCloud and Commercial environments.
This position is located in our Fairfax, VA or Lafayette, LA office; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.
Your future duties and responsibilities:• Build, deploy, and maintain multi-environment AWS infrastructure supporting analytics, prototyping, and operational workloads.
• Implement automation using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
• Develop and support CI/CD pipelines incorporating security at each stage.
• Deploy and optimize Palo Alto firewalls across cloud regions.
• Configure VPCs, subnets, routing tables, TGW, and related networking components.
• Integrate cloud identity solutions including Okta, EntraID, PIV, and SailPoint.
• Deploy, operate, and maintain a cloud-based Data Lake environment.
• Support cloud connectivity solutions including Direct Connect.
• Maintain compliance with federal cybersecurity requirements and support ATO-related activities.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:• Strong AWS cloud engineering background with emphasis on networking, IAM, and platform security.
• Experience in infrastructure-as-code automation.
• Proficiency in scripting and system automation.
• US Citizenship and ability to meet federal clearance requirements.
Desired:
• Experience with Palo Alto firewall deployment in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with multi-contractor Agile delivery environments.
CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
. Competitive compensation
. Comprehensive insurance options
. Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
. Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
. Paid parental leave
. Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
. Wellness and Well-being programs
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Skills: - Amazon Web Services Cloud
- AWS Machine Learning
- AWS Machine Learning
- Cloud architecture
- Docker
- GitLab
