AWS Engineer

Amazon Web Services Engineer ***As required by our governmental client, this position requires U.S. Citizenship*** Cherokee Federal is seeking an AWS Engineer to design, deploy, and support secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions for a federal client. This role focuses on AWS infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD automation, cloud security, and DevOps in a regulated government environment. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of AWS experience, strong cloud engineering skills, and experience supporting federal or public sector cloud environments. Salesforce experience, including Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, or MuleSoft, is a plus. Compensation & Benefits: Estimated Starting Salary Range for AWS Engineer: $100,000-140,000 Pay commensurate with experience. Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice. Responsibilities Include: • Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS in support of government mission requirements. • Work with government leads and Product Owners to understand technical requirements, clarify scope, and confirm release timing for new infrastructure and enhancement requests. • Architect and implement AWS solutions using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, ECS/EKS, and API Gateway. • Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK to ensure repeatable, auditable, and version-controlled deployments. • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines (e.g., AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI) to automate build, test, and deployment workflows. • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and related tooling to ensure system health, performance, and operational visibility. • Ensure cloud infrastructure is secure, scalable, and maintainable, and aligned with government governance, auditability, security, and compliance expectations (e.g., FedRAMP, agency ATO requirements, NIST 800-53). • Configure and manage networking, security groups, encryption, and identity/access controls in accordance with federal security standards. • Support integrations between AWS-hosted systems and external platforms (e.g., APIs, middleware, third-party SaaS), confirming data integrity across systems. • Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, performance, and deployment issues; document root cause and remediation. • Present formal and informal oral and written briefings to government managers; produce executive-ready technical summaries and decision support materials. • Perform other job-related duties as assigned. Experience, Education, Skills, Abilities Requested: • Bachelor's degree with preferred study in Computer Science, Information Science, Information Systems Management, Math, Statistics, Operations Research, or Engineering and a minimum of five (5) years of experience. Seven (7) years of work experience in related field may be substituted for education. • Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure in support of federal or public sector clients. • Hands-on experience with core AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, ECS/EKS). • Experience with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK). • Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation. • Strong understanding of cloud security, networking, and identity/access management in a regulated environment. • Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions on AWS. • Experience working within FedRAMP, ATO, or NIST 800-53 compliance frameworks preferred. • AWS certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer) preferred. • Salesforce experience, including with any of its products (e.g., Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, MuleSoft), is a bonus. • Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to brief senior government stakeholders. • Ability to obtain and maintain a government-required background investigation or security clearance as needed. • U.S. Citizenship is required.