Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer General Information Requisition 679 Locations USA VA Arlington Posting Date 03172026 Security Clearance Required Public Trust Remote Type Hybrid Time Type Full time Description &

Requirements Elder Research Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated career and customer oriented Junior Cloud Developer to join our team in Arlington VA This position is hybrid with 1 4 days a month on site We are seeking a motivated Junior Cloud Developer to join our cloud infrastructure team In this role you will design deploy and maintain scalable cloud solutions on AWS with a strong focus on Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation You will work alongside senior engineers to build containerized workloads on ECS Fargate package Python applications as production grade Docker images and contribute to a culture of operational excellence through observability automation and secure by default practices Responsibilities include but are not limited to CloudFormation & Infrastructure as Code PrimaryAuthor review and maintain CloudFormation stacks for ECS clusters services task definitions ALBs Target Groups IAM rolespolicies and ECR repositories while parameterizing stacks for portability across dev staging and production and ensuring compliance with organizational standards security baselines and ACESCCoE governance patternsImplement drift detection manage stack updates and utilize StackSets where appropriate; participate in stack reviews to ensure consistency security and reusability of infrastructure templatesECS FargateDesign and deploy Fargate services using awsvpc networking task roles and service level autoscaling including configuration of ALB routing target groups health checks and deployment strategies such as bluegreen and canary releasesDefine and maintain service level observability using CloudWatch Logs CloudWatch Metrics and Alarms and AWS X Ray tracingDocker & PythonConvert Python projects into production grade Docker images using multi stage builds slim base images and reproducible build patterns and publishmanage images in Amazon ECR following tagging and lifecycle policy standardsConfigure runtime settings and secrets via AWS Parameter Store and Secrets Manager enforcing least privilege access through task rolescoped IAM policiesLambda SecondaryBuild and maintain CloudFormation deployed Lambda functions for lightweight control plane tasks eg policy orchestration scheduled maintenance operations while ensuring compliance with organizational controls and tagging policies per established operating procedures Minimum Qualifications Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field or equivalent practical experience12 years of experience with AWS services including hands on use of CloudFormation ECS ECR IAM and VPC networkingMust be a US Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance prior to starting this positionWorking knowledge of Docker writing Dockerfiles building images and managing container lifecyclesProficiency in Python;

experience packaging Python applications for containerized deployments preferredFamiliarity with ALB configuration target groups listener rules and health check behaviorUnderstanding of IAM fundamentals roles policies trust relationships and least privilege principlesBasic familiarity with AWS CloudWatch for logging and monitoringPreferred Qualifications Exposure to ECS Fargate task definitions awsvpc networking mode and service autoscaling configurationsExperience with bluegreen or canary deployment strategies via AWS CodeDeploy or similarFamiliarity with AWS Parameter Store andor Secrets Manager for runtime secret injectionAWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Developer Associate certification or in progressFamiliarity with Lambda development and event driven architecturesTypescriptClearance Requirements Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance prior to starting this positionAbout Elder Research Inc People Centered Data Driven Elder Research considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal state or local law or regulation If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with Elder Research please email us at careerselderresearchcom and provide your name and contact information