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$245k – $285k per year
Location
In office (Hanover)
Seniority
Middle · 4+ years exp
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H-1B filings in 12 months: 2 · for this role: 1
Employment
Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 1, 2026.

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Amentum is a US government and critical infrastructure services contractor headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, providing engineering, technical, mission support and operations services in defense, intelligence, space, energy and environment markets. It has about 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and absorbed PAE in 2022 before combining with the Jacobs critical mission solutions business in 2024. Openings include aerospace, GN&C and reliability engineers, aircraft workers, database administrators, software engineers, biometric enrollment specialists and paralegals.

This team is focused on providing cloud-based geolocation solutions in near-real-time directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world. The ideal candidate has recent experience working with cloud technologies, preferably AWS, including microservices and containers. Candidates will have experience migrating applications to cloud environments; configuring and maintaining cloud infrastructures using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation; troubleshooting issues and identifying root cause analysis; generating after action reports to include new requirements and improved Tier 1 SOPs; experience with ActiveMQ and/or Kafka, as well as deployment strategies for high-availability systems..

Work Schedule: M-F, 8 hours/5 days per week; after-hours call-in may be required.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • 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.

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

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).
  • Development experience with Java and React.
  • 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/FSP

Minimum Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional SWE experience on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Minimum Years of Experience:

Twenty (20) years’ experience as a SWE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

Salary Range: $245,000 - $285,000

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.

Procedure Compliance - Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Compensation Details:

$245,000 - $285,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview:

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Paid time off and holidays

  • Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)

  • Educational reimbursement

  • Parental leave

  • Employee stock purchase plan

  • Tax-saving options

  • Disability and life insurance

  • Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting:

09/01/2026 - Until Filled

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law. Learn more about your rights under Federal laws and supplemental language at Labor Laws Posters.

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