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Sr. Cloud Engineer

Careers – CTAC
Falls, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/3/2026
Job Title
Sr. Cloud Engineer
# of Hires Needed
1
Date Needed By
6/10/2024
Category
Information Technology
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Career Level
Experienced (Non-Manager)
Job Type
Full-time
Location
CTAC HQ - Falls Church, VA 22042 US (Primary)
Travel
0 - 10%
Job Description

CTAC is seeking an innovative and talented Senior Cloud Engineer.  This position is responsible for architecting, implementing, maintaining, securing and supporting our client's cloud environments, DevOps workflows and services.  Candidate should be a self-starter, lead-by-example and possess excellent communication skills (oral and written).

Responsibilities:

  • Design, architect, implement, maintain, audit and improve infrastructure, services, security and applications 
  • Project documentation
  • Mentor other team members on technology and processes
  • Participate in client audits

 

Job Requirements

Required Skills:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
  • Minimum of 7 years related work experience
  • Experience working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment (EC2, S3, RDS)
  • Advanced level of Linux experience (administration/hardening/compliance)
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals
  • Advanced linux scripting (Bash, Python, etc)
  • Experience with one or more infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc)
  • Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment tools, services and methodologies (Jenkins, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, Git, etc)
  • Experience with configuration management (Puppet, Ansible, Chef, etc)
  • Experience with monitoring and metrics (Sensu, Nagios, CloudWatch, NewRelic, etc)
  • Ability to learn, understand and adapt new technologies

 

Desired Skills (a plus):

  • Experience with one or more audit and compliance tools (Nessus, Lynis, Config, etc)
  • Experience in delivering and maintaining a Zero Trust Architecture to a public sector client
  • Planning and provisioning a multi-tenant workspace offering virtual desktops to a diverse user base
  • Public sector contract experience
  • AWS and other Certifications

 

Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Level 5 Public Trust Clearance

CTAC is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation,

 

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