AWS Cloud Engineer – Terraform

Please focus on below highlighted skills: Position Details AWS Cloud Engineer – Terraform and Containerization (GovCloud) Location Remote (preferred locations Reston VA, Washington DC, Mary land area) Type of Hire - Contract/ C2H Contract Job Description AWS Cloud Engineer – Terraform and Containerization (GovCloud) Responsibilities: • Assess current cloud/infrastructure landscape (compute, networking, security, CI/CD, containerization) and define target architecture on AWS GovCloud using AWS EKS-based workloads. • Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform for repeatable, auditable deployments across GovCloud environments. • Select and implement container orchestration patterns using EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm charts for repeatable workload deployments, scaling, and upgrades. • Define and document deployment, scaling, and rollback strategies that meet FedRAMP / GovCloud compliance requirements. • Implement and validate EKS cluster performance (autoscaling, pod scheduling, RBAC, ingress/egress, resource limits) and optimize workloads for resilience and cost efficiency. • Configure GovCloud-compliant monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and/or ELK/EFK stacks. • Develop secure CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications and IaC deployments. • Produce detailed runbooks, backup/recovery procedures, and operational handoff documentation, ensuring compliance with GovCloud security controls. Qualifications: • 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer with strong AWS background. • Hands-on expertise with Terraform (modules, workspaces, remote state) for AWS GovCloud infrastructure. • Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration on AWS EKS/Kubernetes, including cluster lifecycle management. • Proficiency with Helm charts for application packaging, templating, and lifecycle management in Kubernetes. • Strong knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, Load Balancers) with GovCloud operational constraints. • Familiarity with GovCloud security requirements: IAM patterns, KMS, FIPS encryption, FedRAMP, compliance frameworks. • Experience implementing monitoring/observability solutions in secure environments. • Proficiency in CI/CD tools (Jenkins) integrated with Kubernetes/EKS. • Scripting experience (Python, Bash, or PowerShell) for automation and cluster operations.