AWS Cloud Engineer
Position Description
CGI Federal is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to join our AWS Infrastructure Engineering team supporting financial management systems and other mission‑critical services operating in secure AWS Government Cloud environments. In this role, you will leverage automation tools and cloud‑native services to maintain, enhance, and scale environments that enable application upgrades and evolving customer needs.
You will collaborate closely with both your immediate engineering team and additional account teams working on similar initiatives. You’ll also benefit from CGI Federal’s partnership with AWS Professional Services. This position is located onsite at a client facility in Washington, DC.
Your future duties and responsibilities
Lead deployment of AWS EC2 environments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to support development, test, production, and disaster recovery environments.
Oversee release and deployment of significant software or architectural updates across existing environments.
Design and implement automated infrastructure provisioning using tools such as Terraform.
Manage and troubleshoot Linux instances, translating configurations into IaC and ensuring optimal system performance.
Create and optimize Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for scalable, efficient deployments.
Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities using AWS Security Hub, Tenable, and related tools; maintain strong security posture through automation and secure templates (AMIs, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Certificate Manager).
Design and manage Security Groups with IaC to reduce attack surfaces and strengthen environment security.
Configure advanced network components such as load balancers, firewall rules, and AWS Transfer Family (SFTP).
Provision, track, and validate storage resources (EC2, S3, EFS) to meet application team requirements.
Implement and maintain comprehensive monitoring and alerting for CPU, memory, I/O, and network performance.
Collaborate with security and operations teams to configure compliance and monitoring tools (Splunk, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, log pipelines).
Partner directly with federal customer engineering and operations teams to execute complex technical tasks.
Work independently within defined objectives, documenting architecture and implementation decisions and providing clear status updates to leadership.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
Top Secret Security Clearance
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field or 10+ years of cloud engineering/architecture experience.
Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (Ports, Protocols, IP).
Expertise in AWS administration, Terraform IaC, Ansible, AMIs, Secrets Manager, Certificate Manager, EC2 scripting, and Lambda.
Advanced knowledge of AWS security and management services (IAM, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, KMS).
Strong understanding of AWS storage technologies, including EBS and S3.
Proficiency with Git version control.
Experience with at least one programming language (Python, Java, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Ruby, C#, etc.) or a scripting language (Bash, POSIX shell, PowerShell).
Demonstrated ability to lead development efforts and collaborate effectively across teams.
Ability to quickly learn new technologies and stay current with industry certifications.
Desired Qualifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or higher.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $82,900.00 $173,300.00.
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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