AWS Cloud Engineer; Hybrid

AWS Cloud Engineer (Hybrid) – 26569

Mission Technologies, a division of HII, is a leader in big data solution development and deployment with expertise in cloud services, software engineering, cyber capabilities, and data science. We adopt a hybrid work approach to blend collaboration in person with remote flexibility.

• 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision, and dental plans.
• 10% 401(k) benefit.
• Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays.
• Education and training allowances.

Anticipated Salary Range: $ – $. The range reflects location, responsibilities and qualifications.

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS to design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructures in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment. The role will involve engineering, architecting, and deploying cloud-based applications and infrastructure, and working on a customer facility with a strong engineering team.

• Engineering, architecting, and deployment of cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Develop strategic and implementation plans for information systems.
• Develop infrastructure‑as‑code for cloud security infrastructure and security enclaves.
• Work effectively in a high‑pressure, highly flexible environment with both short‑and long‑term priorities.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Current Secret level U.S. Government Security Clearance; U.S. Citizenship required.
• 9+ years of cloud engineering experience (operations, management, design, development) with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or 7+ years with a master’s, or 13+ years with a high school diploma.
• 3+ years experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Experience writing in Python and working on the Linux command line.
• Experience automating cloud configuration using Terraform, AWS Config, Ansible, etc., and a proactive approach to improvement.
• Collaboration with platform architects on long‑term and strategic architectural changes.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking best practices.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment, spending an average of 3‑4 days per week at our Fort Meade, MD customer site or Columbia, MD office, with flexibility for schedule changes.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator – Associate

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