AWS Cloud Engineer – Terraform and Containerization (GovCloud) : : Remote

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Role

AWS Cloud Engineer Terraform and Containerization (GovCloud)

Location

Remote ( preferred locations Reston VA, Washington DC, Mary land area)

Type of Hire - Contract / C2H

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Job Description

AWS Cloud Engineer Terraform and Containerization (GovCloud)

Responsibilities :

• Assess current cloud / infrastructure landscape (compute, networking, security, CI / CD, containerization) and define target architecture on AWS GovCloud using AWS EKS-based workloads.
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform for repeatable, auditable deployments across GovCloud environments.
• Select and implement container orchestration patterns using EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm charts for repeatable workload deployments, scaling, and upgrades.
• Define and document deployment, scaling, and rollback strategies that meet FedRAMP / GovCloud compliance requirements.
• Implement and validate EKS cluster performance (autoscaling, pod scheduling, RBAC, ingress / egress, resource limits) and optimize workloads for resilience and cost efficiency.
• Configure GovCloud-compliant monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and / or ELK / EFK stacks.
• Develop secure CI / CD pipelines for containerized applications and IaC deployments.
• Produce detailed runbooks, backup / recovery procedures, and operational handoff documentation, ensuring compliance with GovCloud security controls.

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