AWS Cloud Engineer

PlanIT Group is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to support our Federal customer in the Washington, DC area. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in cloud engineering or system administration, including at least 1 year of hands-on work with AWS. Deploy and configure AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and more.

Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote

Start Date: 07/21/25

Duration: One year plus annual extensions

AWS Cloud Engineer

• Deploy and configure AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and more.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like CloudFormation.
• Assist in system modernization and implementation of cloud-native architectures.
• Support security and compliance tasks including patching, logging, and adherence to FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 frameworks.
• Collaborate with developers, system administrators, and cybersecurity teams on deployment and automation solutions.
• Document system configurations, runbooks, and cloud environment standards for use in ongoing operations and audits.
• 3-5 years of experience in cloud engineering or system administration, including at least 1 year of hands-on work with AWS.
• Strong scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins or CodePipeline.
• Proficiency with Linux/Windows server environment and cloud networking concepts (e.g., DNS, VPC, VPN, etc.)
• Familiarity/experience with artificial intelligence (AI) cloud tooling is a huge plus (e.g., Amazon BedRock, Azure OpenAI, Lex, Comprehend, etc.)

Additional Provisions:

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Pass both a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident.
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)

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