• Job Description

  Req#: 75492

  Senior Cloud Engineer

  Location: Remote

  Eligibility: U.S. Citizenship required
  Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance, enhanced background screening required, including criminal, financial, and drug screening

  Position Overview

  Our client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to drive the operational excellence, stability, and security of enterprise AWS cloud environments. This role is instrumental in ensuring high availability, performance optimization, proactive maintenance, and scalable infrastructure design across development, staging, and production ecosystems.

  The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in AWS architecture, CI/CD automation, container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, and incident response. You will partner closely with Development, DevOps, Security, and Operations teams to maintain resilient, compliant, and high-performing cloud-native applications.

  This is a strategic, hands-on engineering role supporting mission-critical systems in a Public Trust environment.

  Key Responsibilities

  Cloud Infrastructure & Deployment

  • Deploy and maintain applications across development, staging, and production environments, ensuring consistency and operational stability
  • Build reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, jobs, and stages to standardize deployment practices across teams
  • Configure and manage GitLab Runners, environment variables, and secure secret handling
  • Implement version control strategies and rollback procedures during deployments
  • Troubleshoot and resolve deployment failures, optimizing pipeline performance and reliability

  AWS & Cloud Engineering

  • Architect and maintain AWS-based applications and infrastructure
  • Deploy and optimize AWS Lambda functions, including scripting, monitoring, and performance tuning
  • Containerize and deploy applications using ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes
  • Define and deploy readiness and liveness probes for containerized workloads
  • Orchestrate regional failover and restoration of ECS, EKS, Lambda, databases, and other infrastructure services
  • Develop and test disaster recovery playbooks and recovery runbooks
  • Ensure compliance with RTO and RPO requirements

  Monitoring, Health Checks & Incident Response

  • Develop custom CloudWatch metrics and alarms based on application-specific probes
  • Monitor system health using CloudWatch, AWS CLI, and scheduled Lambda scripts
  • Configure dashboards, thresholds, and alerting frameworks
  • Perform root cause analysis and incident correlation using performance monitoring tools
  • Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation to support production systems

  Infrastructure Maintenance & Compliance

  • Conduct patch assessment and maintenance for infrastructure and third-party software
  • Develop structured patch testing schedules and rollout plans, including rollback strategies
  • Maintain centralized inventory of licensed software deployed across AWS environments
  • Create and manage change records in alignment with Agile and PI planning processes
  • Ensure cloud environments adhere to security best practices and compliance standards

  Automation & Scripting

  • Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, YAML, JSON, and Node.js
  • Create pre-check and post-check scripts to validate deployment health and infrastructure stability
  • Enhance operational efficiency through Infrastructure as Code, using Terraform and CloudFormation

  Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years supporting cloud infrastructure or IT operations
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services, including Lambda, ECS, EKS, and CloudWatch
  • Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation
  • Strong proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, GitLab, and Kubernetes-based DevOps pipelines
  • Scripting experience using Bash and Python for automation and operational maintenance
  • Cloud certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance

  Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced experience diagnosing cloud performance and scalability issues
  • Expertise in container orchestration platforms including Docker, ECS, and Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with ITIL frameworks and incident management best practices
  • Experience supporting regulated or federal environments

  Why This Opportunity Stands Out

  This role offers the opportunity to shape resilient, scalable AWS environments supporting mission-critical systems. The Senior Cloud Engineer will play a pivotal role in strengthening operational maturity, enhancing automation frameworks, and driving cloud reliability strategies aligned with federal compliance requirements.

  Alternate Search Titles - Senior AWS Cloud Engineer, AWS DevOps Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Operations Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, AWS, Cloud Platform Engineer, AWS Systems Engineer, DevOps Engineer, AWS, Cloud Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Automation Engineer

  
  
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  Throughout the past 35+ years, MMC, one of the most trusted names in workforce management services, has successfully delivered strategic solutions to large and small businesses in numerous industries.
  
  We have built our reputation on partnering with our clients and candidates to achieve the desired results. Our recruiting professionals have extensive experience matching the right candidate, to the right client, for the right position. We provide the best opportunities to the most talented candidates in a multitude of industries.
  
  MMC is a privately owned business with corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas. With 2,000+ employees, working in 40+ states, MMC is able to support all United States locations, and some international locations.
  
  We appreciate your interest in reviewing this particular position and we encourage you to visit our website where you can always search and apply for opportunities at www.mmcgrp.com
  
  Benefits with MMC Group
  MMC offers health insurance plans for our active candidates on assignment, including:

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Additional voluntary benefits

  
  Join MMC and enjoy the support of a team that values your well-being, both on and off the job!
  
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• About the company

  Throughout the past 25 years, MMC, one of the most trusted names in workforce management services has successfully delivered strategic solutions to large and small businesses in numerous industries. We believe the art of building the best teams to get ...

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