Cloud Engineer

Suitland, Maryland

Ignite IT
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Cloud Engineer

Ready to Ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in federal services today? Join us and unleash your potential working in an agile environment alongside the men and women charged with ensuring the success of one of the most important missions in American Government. We're seeking a Cloud Engineer to support and manage day-to-day AWS operations across a range of cloud services. You'll play a key role in maintaining tagging and backup compliance, responding to support requests, and documenting SOPs and configurations. Ideal for someone who enjoys a variety of admin tasks and keeping cloud environments running smoothly.

As a Cloud Engineer you will:
  • Perform day-to-day resource management and support.
  • Perform resource management via the AWS Console and CLI, IAM permissions reviews, budget and cost tracking, and general cloud troubleshooting.
  • Conduct access reviews and IAM policy updates.
  • Monitor AWS budgets, usage trends, and alert thresholds.
  • Document service configurations, SOPs, and knowledge base articles.
  • Support ticket triage and basic service configuration.
  • Assist with patching, backup validation, and tagging compliance.
Requirements
  • 3 + years general AWS administration to include working with AWS Console, CLI, and SDKs for scripting and service control.
  • 3+ years performing resource monitoring and troubleshooting to include tracking system health, cost usage, and performance metrics.
  • Proficiency working with IAM role assignments, policy reviews, access auditing.
  • Proficiency with tagging, budgeting and cost tracking such as implementing tagging policies and managing AWS Budgets and Cost Explorer.
  • Experience providing documentation such as creating SOPs.
  • Bachelor's degree in related technical field.
  • US Citizenship Required.
  • AWS certifications highly preferred.
Benefits
  • 401(k) with matching and 100% Vested
  • Health Insurance - 3 plans to select from
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • AD&D
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development assistance
  • Training
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible schedule
  • Flexible spending account
  • Referral program
  • Paid Legal Plan
  • and more
Ignite IT is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran status, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristic. In accordance with EO 13665 Final Rule, Ignite IT will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Applicants selected must be able to possess and maintain a government clearance

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED'

Date Posted: 12 May 2025
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