Senior Cloud Engineer
Job Location:
Vienna, VA - USA
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Job Summary
SteerBridge is seeking a Cloud Engineer to build and operate the AWS GovCloud infrastructure behind a mission-critical Modern Disability Claims platform that supports Veterans and federal customers. This role focuses on the day-to-day engineering of secure automated cloud environments that host claims intake processing and adjudication workloads.
The engineer will work directly with solutions architects security engineers data teams and platform owners to provision infrastructure as code automate containerized application delivery and keep production environments reliable compliant and observable.
This is a hands-on role. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating containerized workloads on AWS 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 federal security and authorization (ATO) 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.
Key Responsibilties
Provision and manage AWS GovCloud infrastructure including ECS Fargate VPC networking S3 IAM and ECR using Terraform and Terragrunt.
Build and operate containerized workloads on ECS and Fargate and maintain CI/CD pipelines STIG-hardened baselines and container image pipelines.
Monitor production environments with CloudWatch tune logging metrics and alarms to reduce alert noise and participate in on-call rotation and incident response.
Troubleshoot networking DNS identity and compute issues across hub-and-spoke traffic-inspected environments and drive improvements in reliability performance and cost.
Apply least-privilege IAM policies and support zero-trust network access and secure connectivity for application and administrative access.
Remediate security findings with the security team and support audit compliance and ATO activities with accurate documentation and evidence.
Partner with architects and security engineers to implement designs and participate in design reviews backlog refinement and sprint planning.
Document infrastructure runbooks and automation for the broader team.
Eligibility requirements: U.S. citizenship is required for this position under applicable federal contract requirements. Candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role.
5 years of hands-on cloud engineering experience preferably with AWS including cloud networking (VPC subnets routing DNS security groups) and IAM and security fundamentals.
Strong experience with infrastructure as code and automation including Terraform and/or CloudFormation CI/CD pipelines and scripting in Python Bash or PowerShell.
Experience deploying and operating containerized workloads using Docker with ECS Fargate or Kubernetes.
Experience in AWS GovCloud or other regulated federal environments such as healthcare benefits or claims systems.
Familiarity with NIST 800-53 RMF and federal ATO processes.
Experience building container image pipelines (ECR) and STIG-hardened baselines.
Experience with zero-trust network access (ZTNA/SASE) and hub-and-spoke network architectures.
AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Associate or SysOps Administrator.
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with matching
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Federal Holidays
The posted compensation range reflects the scope and requirements of this position. A final offer will be determined based on the candidates relevant experience skills education certifications and work location along with the responsibilities of the position. Where applicable contract requirements wage determinations and federal contract labor categories may also inform the offer.
SteerBridge also offers benefits that may include health and life insurance paid time off paid holidays disability coverage retirement savings and professional development opportunities. Benefits vary by position and eligibility.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
SteerBridge 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, ancestry, disab ... View more
