The Role
Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure across development, testing, and production environments. Implement Infrastructure as Code with OpenTofu or Terraform, manage configuration through Ansible, and operate Kubernetes-based applications. Develop Python automation, support Git-based CI/CD workflows, architect core AWS services, and implement monitoring, logging, security, and compliance practices aligned with STE/STN standards.
Summary Generated by Built In
Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector. We see this as a significant strength, and it shows: ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.
We are actively hiring a Cloud Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph for a Prime contract in Annapolis Junction, MD.
The Cloud Engineer will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining our customer's next-generation cloud infrastructure primarily hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and drive automation across customer development, testing, and production environments, ensuring operational excellence, security and stability.
Key Responsibilities:
At ATS, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package such as: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here Employee Resources.
Pay Range: There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employee owners value the flexibility at ATS that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, career growth, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad mix of exceptional benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
The pay range for this position is $240,000.00 - $270,000.00, DOE
We are actively hiring a Cloud Engineer with TS/SCI clearance and polygraph for a Prime contract in Annapolis Junction, MD.
The Cloud Engineer will be instrumental in designing, building, and maintaining our customer's next-generation cloud infrastructure primarily hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and drive automation across customer development, testing, and production environments, ensuring operational excellence, security and stability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, implement, and manage AWS infrastructure using OpenTofu (or Terraform).
- Configuration Management: Develop and maintain automation scripts and playbooks using Ansible for configuration management, patch deployment, and software provisioning on various compute resources.
- Container Orchestration: Manage and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes (e.g., EKS) and related tooling.
- Source Control & Collaboration: Utilize Git for version control, branching strategies, and collaborative development within a CI/CD pipeline.
- Automation: Write and maintain scripts, primarily in Python, to automate routine tasks, integrate systems, and enhance operational efficiency.
- AWS Expertise: Architect and manage core AWS services (e.g., EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, etc.) to meet mission requirements for performance, cost, and security.
- Monitoring & Logging: Implement and maintain robust monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure system health and rapid incident response.
- Security & Compliance: Apply security best practices to the cloud environment, ensuring compliance with STE/STN standards.
- 6+ years of professional experience working in a Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Software Engineering role.
- Proven practical experience with AWS - certification as AWS Certified Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer (or relevant cloud cert) will be required
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically with OpenTofu and/or Terraform.
- Strong hands-on experience managing and deploying applications on Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in using Ansible for configuration management and automation.
- Advanced skills in Git and experience with modern branching/merge request workflows.
- Beginner to intermediate scripting skills in Python for automation tasks.
- Solid understanding of networking concepts, STE/STN principles, and CI/CD pipelines.
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related discipline. Four (4) years of additional software development experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree for a total of ten (10) years of experience.
At ATS, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package such as: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits. Learn more here Employee Resources.
Pay Range: There are many factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employee owners value the flexibility at ATS that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, career growth, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad mix of exceptional benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families.
The pay range for this position is $240,000.00 - $270,000.00, DOE
Skills Required
- 6+ years of professional experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Software Engineering
- Practical AWS experience and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or relevant cloud certification
- Expertise with Infrastructure as Code, specifically OpenTofu and/or Terraform
- Hands-on experience managing and deploying applications on Kubernetes
- Proficiency with Ansible for configuration management and automation
- Advanced Git skills and experience with branching and merge request workflows
- Beginner to intermediate Python scripting skills for automation
- Understanding of networking concepts, STE/STN principles, and CI/CD pipelines
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or four additional years of software development experience substituted for the degree
- TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
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The Company
What We Do
Acclaim Technical Services is a leading language, operations, and technology services company supporting U.S. Federal agencies, specializing in intelligence analysis, software engineering, and systems engineering for the defense and intelligence communities.
