What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Cloud Migration Engineer position at Peraton?
| Requisition ID | 2025-159904 | Position Category | Information Technology | Clearance | Public Trust |
Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to be a part of a team supporting a federal financial customer. The successful candidate will help migrate critical customer data flows in a secure, agile, and innovative AWS environment. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can't be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. This position is Hybrid, required to work onsite some days, and be willing to travel as required.
What will you do:
- Support and enhance COTS products providing file transfer and MQ services (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect:Direct), integrating them into modern AWS architecture.
- Write clean, maintainable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud service logic using tools such as Python, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
- Develop and support infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
- Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning, and documentation of AWS environments and deployed solutions.
- Coordinate closely with stakeholders across teams to manage integration and interface requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment with overall business objectives.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree and 5 years of experience or 9 years of experience with a HS Diploma.
- Strong background in AWS cloud engineering and development, including experience with services such as: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SNS, SQS, Glue, EKS/ECS
- Proficient in scripting and programming languages: Python, Ansible, Bash
- Experience with AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
- Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience communicating with business users and stakeholders.
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting or integrating file transfer and MQ tools (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect:Direct).
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams (e.g., Scrum, SAFe).
- Understanding compliance and security best practices in federal financial cloud environments.
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.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.