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Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Peraton
Peraton Salary
Chantilly, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/5/2025

Responsibilities

Peraton is looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer for a role based out of Fairfax, VA. For this position we are looking for an engineer with hands-on AWS/Terraform/CloudFormation experience who can come and hit the ground running from the day one to develop and support Mission Critical applications in support of the Intelligence Community.

  • Planning, designing and developing cloud-based applications.
  • Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines.
  • Deploying and debugging cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Employing exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they snowball into problems.

Qualifications

Required

  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required
  • 6 years hands on AWS experience (tools such as SNS/SQS, Lambda, VPC, S3, etc.)
  • Familiarity automating AWS infrastructure (Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
  • Experience working in an Agile environment
  • BS degree with 16 years of experience, or MS degree with 14 years, or PhD 10 years

Preferred

  • AWS Certifications
  • Working knowledge of SecDevOps
  • Hands on CI/CD experience

Minimum of 16 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 14 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 10 years with Ph.D.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$229,000 - $366,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Salary : $229,000 - $366,000

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