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AWS Cloud Engineer

TECHEAD
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/16/2026

TECHEAD is celebrating over thirty-five years of incredible heritage, talent, and accomplishments! To learn more about TECHEAD, visit us at TECHEAD.com or on Glassdoor.


Looking for a candidate to provide Cloud Engineering support for a US Government Customer tasked with designing, securing, and deploying a Cloud based networked environment on the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) network. The selected candidate will be part of a small team working with other government engineers to build out and deploy this new concept.


Specific duties include but are not limited to the following:

· Cloud Engineering Team members tasked with designing, securing, and deploying solutions to a single or multi-cloud environment composed of AWS.

· Serverless Automation: Build and manage scalable AWS Lambda serverless applications by defining functions, IAM roles, and triggers directly inside AWS CloudFormation templates using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

· Containerization & Deployment: Proven expertise in Docker packaging and managing enterprise cluster architecture using Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, AWS Elastic Kubernetes service and AWS Elastic Container Service within automated deployment pipelines.

· Cloud Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts, configuration playbooks, and serialization files in an AWS environment using Python, Bash, Ansible, YAML, JSON, and JavaScript.

· Coordinate with other teams to deliver solutions in a matrix organization.

· Work well under deadlines in a changing environment and complete multiple projects effectively and concurrently.

· Regularly interact with all levels of management to present and discuss audit results and obtain gap remediation status.

· Familiarity with RMF Cybersecurity activities including DISA STIGS, ACAS, and SCAP compliance tools.


Requirements:

Clearance Level

Secret

Certifications (IAT Level II)


TECHEAD's mission is to make our associates successful by placing them in the right environment so they can grow and prosper. How we treat and respond to our clients and employees is a reflection of who we are and makes us stand out from the rest. Keeping our business focused on building and maintaining relationships with our employees and clients is the key to our success. We won't strive for anything less.


TECHEAD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

For more information on TECHEAD please visit www.techead.com.

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