Senior Cloud Engineer
The Swift Group11 months ago
Reston, VA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Analyze requirements and design scalable, reliable, secure cloud architectures aligned with mission objectives.
- Lead implementation of resilient, high-performance AWS cloud solutions.
- Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and improve system capabilities and performance.
- Develop and enforce cloud governance strategies, standards compliance, and security frameworks.
- Automate deployment, monitoring, and operational workflows.
- Create, manage, and secure AWS AMIs across multiple classification domains.
- Support integration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and lifecycle maintenance with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Promote collaboration, mentorship, and knowledge sharing across technical teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph are required.
- At least 5 years of experience designing, deploying, and maintaining advanced cloud solutions.
- Expertise with AWS environments supporting multiple classification domains, such as IL5 through IL6+.
- Proficiency with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, and EBS.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Production experience managing and securing Linux and Windows Server systems.
- Hands-on Python and Bash scripting experience for cloud automation.
- Strong understanding of cloud security practices and advanced security controls.
- Experience supporting operational environments, managing ticket queues, and using knowledge bases for issue resolution.
- Excellent communication skills for explaining complex technical topics to diverse audiences.
- Active CompTIA Security+ or equivalent 8140/8570 certification valid for at least one year.
- Relevant AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect Associate/Professional or SysOps Administrator, are preferred.
Benefits
- Onsite position in Reston, Virginia.
- Includes collaboration, mentorship, and continuous knowledge-sharing opportunities.
About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).