Cloud Systems Engineer (AWS)

Location: Boston, MA; Colorado Springs, CO; Tampa, FL; or Washington, DC

Salary: $103,200–$172,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global delivers secure, compliant digital transformation and mission-support solutions for government and defense customers.

What you will do

• Design, architect, and optimize secure cloud solutions primarily in AWS and across Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle environments.
• Support enterprise cloud migration, account and application onboarding, and deployment across classified and unclassified networks.
• Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, security, monitoring, and deployment using DevOps and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Develop cloud-native capabilities, integrate cloud services with analytics tools, and support enterprise-scale system integrations.
• Design infrastructure security, perform patching, and prepare compliance documentation for governance and Authority to Operate processes.
• Collaborate with customers, vendors, and internal engineering teams on Air Force cloud projects.

Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance required.
• DoD 8570-compliant CompTIA Security+ certification required.
• Education and experience: junior level requires a high school diploma or bachelor's degree plus 1–3 years of experience; mid level requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification plus 4 years; senior level requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification plus 8 years.
• Experience with cloud architecture, DevOps, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Git, or Ansible.
• Experience with multi-enclave and security-domain environments, cloud security frameworks, continuous monitoring, system hardening, RMF, NIST 800-53, STIGs, and ATO processes.
• Knowledge of Windows, C4I systems, IaC, Xacta, eMASS, IBM Maximo Application Suite, IBM WebSphere, and Red Hat OpenShift on Azure.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting United States Air Force cloud programs, including AWS GovCloud.
• Experience with Zero Trust and modern DevSecOps concepts.
• Cloud certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Health insurance, paid leave, and retirement benefits.
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Work supporting national security, defense, and other highly assured and compliant environments.