Cloud Engineer
Job Location:
Vienna, VA - USA
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Job Summary
SteerBridge Strategies is a modern technology company delivering innovative mission-focused solutions to the U.S. Government and private sector. Leveraging deep expertise in federal acquisition digital transformation and emerging technologies we deliver agile commercial-grade capabilities that accelerate operational effectiveness and drive measurable mission success.
At the core of SteerBridge is our peopleespecially the veterans whose leadership problem-solving mindset and commitment to excellence elevate every project we support. We dont simply hire exceptional talent; we cultivate it creating meaningful career pathways for veterans military spouses and professionals who share our passion for advancing technology and strengthening the missions we serve.
Position Overview
SteerBridge is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build and operate the AWS GovCloud infrastructure behind a mission-critical Defense Aviation platform used by federal customers. This role focuses on the day-to-day engineering of secure automated cloud environments that host fleet readiness maintenance and logistics workloads.
The engineer will work directly with solutions architects security engineers data teams and platform owners to provision infrastructure as code automate hardened image pipelines and keep production environments reliable compliant and observable.
This is a hands-on role. The ideal candidate is comfortable across Linux and Windows environments writes infrastructure as code automates repetitive operational work and methodically troubleshoots networking identity and compute issues in a regulated cloud.
SteerBridge operates in AWS GovCloud and applies hardened STIG-aligned baselines and automated CI/CD pipelines to deliver infrastructure that meets DoD security expectations. Cloud engineers keep these systems running and continuously improve their automation resilience and cost efficiency.
This is a hybrid position based in Vienna VA.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with matching
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Federal Holidays
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Engineering and Automation
- Provision and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Build and maintain automated STIG-hardened container pipelines using ECR and ECS
- Automate provisioning patching and configuration management across Linux and Windows fleets
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployment
- Manage core services including EC2 VPC networking S3 IAM and supporting WorkSpaces environments
Operations and Reliability
- Monitor production environments and respond to operational issues using CloudWatch and related tooling
- Troubleshoot networking DNS identity and compute issues across hybrid Active Directory-integrated environments
- Implement and tune logging metrics and alarms to maintain visibility while reducing alert noise
- Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for production workloads
- Drive continuous improvement in reliability performance and cost efficiency
Security and Compliance
- Apply hardened baselines and least-privilege IAM policies across cloud resources
- Remediate findings and reduce access-control noise in coordination with the security team
- Support audit compliance and authorization activities with accurate documentation and evidence
Collaboration
- Work closely with architects and security engineers to implement designs securely and reliably
- Document infrastructure runbooks and automation for the broader team
- Participate in design reviews backlog refinement and sprint planning
Required Qualifications
- U.S. Citizenship required
- 3 years of hands-on cloud engineering experience preferably with AWS
- Strong experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation)
- Proficiency administering Linux and Windows systems in cloud environments
- Solid understanding of cloud networking including VPC subnets routing DNS and security groups
- Experience with IAM least-privilege access and cloud security fundamentals
- Scripting and automation skills in Python Bash or PowerShell
- Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Strong troubleshooting skills and a methodical root-cause approach
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in AWS GovCloud or other regulated or federal cloud environments
- Familiarity with STIG hardening DISA baselines or DoD compliance frameworks
- Experience with EC2 Image Builder or other automated golden-image pipelines
- Experience with Amazon WorkSpaces and Active Directory-integrated environments
- AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Associate or SysOps Administrator
- Experience supporting aviation defense or logistics systems
SteerBridge Strategies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants and employees are treated with respect and dignityregardless of race color gender age religion national origin ancestry disability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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About Company
SteerBridge Strategies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer . We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all qualified applicants and employees are treated with respect and dignity—regardless of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, anc ... View more
