AWS Cloud Engineer

PlanIT Group is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to support our Federal customer in the Washington, DC area. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in cloud engineering or system administration, including at least 1 year of hands-on work with AWS. Deploy and configure AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and more.

Job Title : AWS Cloud Engineer

Location : Remote

Start Date : 07 / 21 / 25

Duration : One year plus annual extensions

AWS Cloud Engineer

• Deploy and configure AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and more.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like CloudFormation.
• Assist in system modernization and implementation of cloud-native architectures.
• Support security and compliance tasks including patching, logging, and adherence to FedRAMP and NIST 800-53 frameworks.
• Collaborate with developers, system administrators, and cybersecurity teams on deployment and automation solutions.
• Document system configurations, runbooks, and cloud environment standards for use in ongoing operations and audits.
• 3-5 years of experience in cloud engineering or system administration, including at least 1 year of hands-on work with AWS.
• Strong scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins or CodePipeline.
• Proficiency with Linux / Windows server environment and cloud networking concepts (, DNS, VPC, VPN, etc.)
• Familiarity / experience with artificial intelligence (AI) cloud tooling is a huge plus (, Amazon BedRock, Azure OpenAI, Lex, Comprehend, etc.)

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