Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

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👷 Infrastructure Engineer

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By Light Professional IT Services

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2002

🔒 Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity • Defense • IT Solutions

By Light Professional IT Services is a technology and systems engineering company specializing in supporting warfighters and federal agencies. They offer a range of services including communications, cybersecurity, modeling and simulation, and advanced training solutions. By Light focuses on mission readiness through innovative IT solutions, cloud services, and workforce optimization, ensuring their clients are prepared for future challenges.

📋 Description

• Support the design and maintain landing zones using cloud applications such as AWS Organizations, Control Tower, SCP guardrails, Identity and Access Management (IAM) multi-account patterns, and VPC architectures (Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, NAT, IGW) for enclave isolation and cross-domain needs. • Engineer high-availability, multi-Region solutions leveraging cloud tools such as EC2, EKS/ECS Fargate, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3/EFS/FSx, Load Balancers, Route 53, and API Gateway. • Implement Zero Trust-aligned patterns (micro-segmentation, strong identity, continuous verification) consistent with DoD Zero Trust guidance. • Implement security controls and evidence generation for RMF ATO packages (SSP, SAR, POA&M) in coordination with cybersecurity teams. • Apply DISA STIGs (OS, DB, Kubernetes, Container) and SRG requirements for workloads at IL2–IL6. • Tailor and automate STIG application using IaC and configuration management. • Integrate encryption and key management with cloud tools such as AWS KMS/HSM; enforce IAM least privilege, SCPs, permission boundaries, ABAC, and robust secrets management. • Implement cloud logging and metrics tools such as CloudTrail/CloudWatch/GuardDuty/Config for comprehensive audit and detection. • Align architectures with FedRAMP Moderate/High baselines when required and ensure boundary compliance for controlled workloads. • Develop secure connectivity (AWS Direct Connect/VPN), hybrid routing, and segmentation; implement TLS mutual auth, certificate management, and private service endpoints. • Design logging and telemetry pipelines (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Kinesis, S3, SIEM integration such as Splunk/ELK) with retention, metadata/tagging, and data lifecycle policies. • Own SLOs/SLAs for platform services. • Implement autoscaling, health checks, and proactive capacity management. • Lead cost management and alerting practices of cloud environments in coordination with project leads. • Provide Tier 3 support, on-call rotations during exercises, and incident response coordination with cybersecurity and training operations. • Collaborate with agile teams and product owners to translate training requirements into platform capabilities. • Provide mentorship for junior engineers. • Establish standards, design reviews, and repeatable processes. • Present cloud solutions to project leadership and accreditation authorities.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical discipline such as computer science or information technology from an accredited college or university. • 8–12+ years of experience in cloud/platform engineering with at least 5 years focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a demonstrated leadership delivering secure, scalable, production-grade cloud-based systems. • DoD 8570/8140 compliance: IAT II (Security+) required; IAT III/CISSP or CASP+ preferred • AWS Certifications: Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Security – Specialty, and/or DevOps Engineer – Professional. • Kubernetes certifications: CKA/CKS. • Experience with HashiCorp Vault, Service Mesh (Istio), policy-as-code (OPA), and zero trust implementations in government environments. • Infrastructure-as-code mastery (Terraform and/or CloudFormation), pipelines (GitLab/Jenkins), and configuration management (Ansible/Chef). • Deep AWS tool expertise: Organizations/Control Tower, IAM, Bedrock, KMS/HSM, VPC/Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/VPN, EC2/EKS/ECS, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3/EFS/FSx, ELB/API Gateway/Lambda, CloudTrail/CloudWatch/Config/GuardDuty, Route 53, EventBridge/SQS/SNS. • Understanding of RMF accreditation (SSP, POA&M, Continuous Monitoring) and control implementation under NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5. • Hands-on application of DISA STIGs and DoD Cloud Computing SRG for IL2–IL6 workloads. • Strong understanding of GovCloud (US) patterns and boundary controls. • Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/PKI, routing, micro-segmentation, Zero Trust patterns. • Logging/monitoring design and SIEM integration. • Incident response and troubleshooting across app, infra, and network layers. • Excellent communication, documentation, stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage • Wellness Program • 401(k) Matching • Disability (Short Term & Long Term) • Employee Assistance Program • Life Insurance • Education & Training • Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, Military Leave, Bereavement and Jury Duty)