Sr. Cloud Engineer

CTAC
United States, Virginia, Falls Church
3120 Fairview Park Drive (Show on map)
Nov 02, 2025
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,