Software development jobs in the United States

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Counted Oct 30, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 51,319
Employers: 9,815

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $141,632Across 10,835 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $57.06Across 2,214 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $13,454Across 53 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $138,053Across 46 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 9%4,495 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,646 listings
On-site: 15%7,780 listings

Not specified: 69% (35,398 listings)

Employers hiring include Lockheed Martin (670), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (625), Salesforce.com (606).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

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Peraton

AWS Cloud Engineer

Remote, United States

Target Salary Range $104,000 - $166,000.

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Job details

Pay: Target Salary Range $104,000 - $166,000.
Apply by: Oct 29, 2027
Experience: Bachelors Degree and 8 years of experience; a Masters Degree and 6 years of experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 29, 2026

Original job description

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented AWS Cloud Engineer to join our Team, becoming responsible for ensuring the performance, reliability, and scalability of critical platforms that support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

This person will provide day-to-day customer application support, maintain infrastructure, monitor systems, resolve incidents, while implementing automation to improve operational efficiency. They will also collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and other cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues and deliver secure, scalable solutions.

This role requires strong AWS DevOps expertise, application support experience, problem-solving skills, and a proactive approach to optimizing our analytics infrastructure.

Work Location: This is a remote position

What You Will Do:

Design and build AWS cloud infrastructure using IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI)
Guide ADTs on cloud solution patterns, deployment strategies, and architecture decisions; able to influence design choices and align stakeholders
Own automation end-to-end; from IaC authorship to pipeline design to production operations
Participate in on-call rotation and contribute to observability/monitoring practices
Provide technical support and guidance to AWS and managed service users
Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
Monitor AWS environments, identify performance or availability issues, and troubleshoot and resolve incidents.
Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to implement cloud solutions, improve reliability, and follow AWS best practices.
Maintain configuration documentation, diagrams and SOP's for all environments
Perform backups, regularly scheduled upgrades and maintenance activities during the maintenance window
Monitor for security vulnerabilities and perform ad-hoc upgrades and maintenance as required
Support audit activities by providing logs, reports, and system configurations
Manage and support AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including roles, policies, permissions, and access controls, to maintain secure and compliant cloud environments.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

U.S. Citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
Must be willing to undergo a pre-employment credit check as required by the Customer.
Bachelors Degree and 8 years of experience; a Masters Degree and 6 years of experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience
Deep, hands-on knowledge of AWS architecture, networking (e.g., VPCs, routing), security (e.g., IAM & Resource Policies, encryption ), serverless/microservice architectures, and containerization (e.g., ECS, Docker, Kubernetes)
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IAC), specifically utilizing advanced Terraform skills
Proven experience designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines, including reusable/shared components for enterprise-scale delivery
Hands-on experience monitoring, analyzing, and troubleshooting SaaS application logs
Strong scripting skills Python and Bash, Ansible experience is plus
Proficient in configuration management, observability (CloudWatch, Grafana), reliability, and disaster recovery practices. Proficient in the design, development, build, deployment, troubleshooting, and maintenance cloud engineering processes using automation tooling (e.g.,Terraform, Python, GitLab CI) for AWS workloads
Strong Git proficiency, including common branching/release strategies (GitFlow, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Runners, as well as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation
Experience with PowerShell, Bash, or JavaScript/Node.js or other scripting languages to automate, troubleshoot and resolve issues
Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and resolving high-priority incidents in large, multi-tenant environments.
Exemplary communication, analytical skills, and technical knowledge across the client environment.
Experience working in an Agile environment

Target Salary Range $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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Skills

AWS
Decision making
Troubleshoot
DevOps
Problem solving
Infrastructure as code
IBM Terraform
CI/CD
GitLab
Technical support
Documentation
Perform backups
Identity and access management
Docker
Kubernetes
Troubleshooting
Python
Bash
Ansible
Grafana
Implement ICT recovery system
Engineering processes
Git
Microsoft PowerShell
JavaScript
Node.js
Root cause analysis
Communication skills
Analytical skills
Agile

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