AWS Cloud Solutions Architect (GovCloud) Remote

Overview

We are seeking a Mid-Level AWS Cloud Engineer / Systems Administrator to support the design, implementation, and maintenance of a secure, scalable AWS GovCloud environment. This role will play a key part in cloud migration initiatives, ongoing operations, and ensuring compliance with federal security standards.

This is a remote position supporting a federal environment. Candidates must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud environments


• Translate business and technical requirements into effective cloud architecture solutions


• Support cloud migration efforts, including planning, data transfer, and workload refactoring


• Manage and optimize AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation)


• Monitor system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability (targeting 99.999% uptime)


• Implement security controls, compliance frameworks, and monitoring solutions


• Collaborate with developers and data engineers to integrate applications and cloud services


• Automate infrastructure and processes using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)


• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures


• Perform system patching, upgrades, and continuous monitoring


• Support disaster recovery planning, testing, and execution


• Contribute to Agile development cycles, including planning, troubleshooting, and deployment

Required Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

• 2+ years of experience in cloud engineering, systems administration, or cloud architecture


• Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud and core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation, CloudWatch)


• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and compliance frameworks


• Experience with cloud migration and hybrid/multi-cloud environments


• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS)


• Proficiency in scripting or automation (Python, Bash, or similar)


• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)


• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)


• Familiarity with AWS data and analytics tools (Redshift, Athena, etc.)


• Experience supporting federal government or law enforcement environments


• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications in Kubernetes


• Hands-on experience with Amazon EKS and cloud-native application modernization

Environment & Scope

• Support AWS-hosted infrastructure for a federal agency environment


• Participate in a multi-year cloud migration and modernization initiative


• Provide operations, maintenance, and monitoring of production systems


• Ensure compliance, auditing, and reporting requirements are met


• Deliver documentation and knowledge transfer to internal stakeholders

What Success Looks Like

• Successful migration of critical workloads to AWS


• Highly available, secure, and optimized cloud environment


• Strong documentation, monitoring, and disaster recovery processes in place


• Seamless collaboration across engineering, data, and security teams