Cloud Engineer

This position supports a federal client and requires US citizenship for Public Trust eligibility

Attain Talent is searching for talented cloud engineers for our GovCon client. This role will focus on architecting resilient cloud environments, driving modernization efforts, and ensuring cloud security and compliance best practices are embedded throughout the solution lifecycle. This is a full time position with benefits, and our client partners with federal agencies to build secure, scalable, and mission-driven solutions that make a meaningful impact on millions of people. Recognized by The Washington Post as a Top Workplace in 2025 and 2026. 

You Will Get To

• Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions
• Lead cloud modernization and migration efforts across enterprise environments
• Develop cloud architecture standards and best practices
• Partner with engineering, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity teams to deliver secure cloud solutions
• Ensure compliance with federal security and regulatory requirements
• Support IAM, encryption, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud operations
• Assess technical risks, architecture tradeoffs, resiliency, and performance optimization
• Translate mission and business needs into scalable cloud architectures

Who You Are

• A strategic cloud engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure and modernization challenges
• Strong in both architecture design and cloud security best practices
• Comfortable partnering across engineering, security, compliance, and delivery teams
• A clear communicator who can influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable operating in evolving environments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree  in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 4+ years  of professional experience  in cloud engineering, infrastructure architecture, or cloud architecture roles
• Deep hands-on experience designing cloud solutions in  AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3 preferred)  with exposure to Azure, particularly disaster recovery and resiliency planning
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, IAM, security groups, monitoring, and infrastructure design
• Experience with cloud security architecture including IAM, encryption, secrets management, logging, vulnerability management, and secure access controls
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as  NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, CIS benchmarks, or similar regulated environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar)
• Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD integrations
• Strong documentation, architecture review, and stakeholder communication skills

Nice to Have

• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Architect, or similar certifications
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles
• Experience supporting federal government agencies

Full Time Employee Benefits

• Remote Work (Hybrid roles will be specified in the job post)
• Competitive Compensation Package
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) with 4% matching
• Liberal PTO vacation policy
• Generous Annual Continuing Education
• Annual Wellness Budget
• Bonus Incentive Programs (Employee referrals and performance-based rewards)

Attain Talent is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The individual base salary for this position is unique to each candidate and will be commensurate with experience, education, and skills.

Interested in this position but the compensation isn’t quite right? Let us know your expectations, and we’ll see if we can make it happen based on your qualifications.

Salary Range

$110,000—$125,000 USD

Attain Talent is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws. For more Information visit EEO, EEO Poster Supplement, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). 

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