AWS Cloud Engineer
Anywhere
Category: Development
Industry: Government
Workplace Type: Remote
Reference ID: JN -112025-104543
Date Posted: 11/24/2025
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/If8cs8
Description:
An AWS Cloud Developer is needed to join a team supporting a federal financial customer. The successful candidate will lead and contribute to cloud-native solution development, infrastructure automation, and the modernization of mission-critical services, including file transfer and messaging queue (MQ) platforms, in a secure and agile AWS environment. The role is part of a broader mission supporting key government programs across intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets.
Location: Washington DC (Remote)
Pay: $55 - $60 an hour
This is a contract-to-hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our W2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Responsibilities:
Ø Lead the strategic planning and execution of migrating and maintaining large complex data flows to modern cloud environments, specifically leveraging AWS cloud technologies
Ø Write clean, maintainable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud service logic using tools such as Python, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
Ø Develop and deploy event-driven and containerized applications using Lambda, Step Functions, and Kubernetes (EKS).
Ø Support and enhance COTS products providing file transfer and MQ services (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect:Direct), integrating them into modern AWS architectures.
Ø Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning, and documentation of AWS environments and deployed solutions.
Ø Coordinate closely with stakeholders across teams to manage integration and interface requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment with overall business objectives.
Ø Design and develop cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your client’s environment using current cloud capabilities.
Experience Requirements:
Ø Professional experience in software development, including substantial experience in technical leadership capacity.
Ø 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
Ø Proficient in scripting and programming languages: Python, Ansible, Bash
Ø Experience developing or supporting infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
Ø Experience with AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
Ø Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Ø Experience communicating with business users and stakeholders.
Ø Experience supporting or integrating file transfer and MQ tools (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect:Direct).
Ø Familiarity with Agile methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams (e.g., Scrum, SAFe).
Ø Understanding compliance and security best practices in federal financial cloud environments.
Education Requirements:
Ø Bachelor’s Degree and 5 years of experience or 9 years of experience with a HS Diploma.
Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
About Eliassen Group:
Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.
Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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