Sr. Cloud Engineer

Job ID: 112076
Location: Reston , Virginia  [Remote]
Category: Infrastructure
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 02/19/2026
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We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to lead the design, deployment, and management of our cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-based applications. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive professional passionate about cloud technology, automation, and continuous improvement to play a pivotal role in supporting our mission-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Cloud Infrastructure Management: Deploy, monitor, and maintain robust cloud environments on AWS across development, staging, and production. Ensure high availability and optimize performance and cost-efficiency.
  • Automation & CI/CD: Develop and maintain reusable pipeline templates, jobs, and stages for continuous integration and delivery, promoting automation and process consistency across teams.
  • Application Deployment & Containerization: Collaborate with development teams to containerize applications using ECS, EKS, and Lambda functions; oversee deployment processes to ensure stability and scalability.
  • Monitoring & Incident Response: Set up comprehensive monitoring dashboards, thresholds, and custom CloudWatch metrics; proactively identify issues and respond swiftly to outages or performance degradations.
  • Security & Compliance: Maintain cloud environments in accordance with security standards, conduct patch assessments, and implement best practices for data protection and compliance.
  • Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Design and test regional failover strategies, create detailed recovery runbooks, and ensure adherence to RTO and RPO objectives.
  • Scripting & Automation: Develop custom scripts utilizing Python, Bash, YAML/JSON to automate routine tasks, implement alerting mechanisms, and enhance system reliability.
  • Documentation & Change Management: Maintain detailed infrastructure documentation, change records, and participate actively in Agile planning and review sessions.
  • Support & On-Call Responsibilities: Participate in 24/7 rotation to support production environments, troubleshoot incidents, and perform root cause analysis.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
  • 8+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in cloud support, infrastructure, or IT operations
  • Proven expertise with AWS services, especially Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch
  • Strong scripting abilities with Python and Bash for automation tasks
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms like GitHub, GitLab, Kubernetes
  • Cloud certifications such as AWS DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect Associate
  • Excellent communication skills, both technical and non-technical
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States with the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred:

  • Ability to diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks in cloud environments
  • Familiarity with container orchestration tools like Docker, Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of ITIL practices and incident management frameworks

Publishing Pay Range: $55.00 – $60.00 USD Hourly

About GDH:
At GDH, we believe in the power of people and the importance of caring. Our culture statement, “We care about people,” isn’t just a tagline – it’s the core of everything we do. GDH is a premier staffing and talent solutions company dedicated to helping businesses find the best talent and assisting job seekers in finding their dream jobs.

Who We Are:
GDH, founded in 2001, has grown into a leader in providing staffing solutions across various industries. We specialize in IT across several sectors, connecting top talent with leading enterprises. As a Best of Staffing firm recognized for excellence in client, employee, talent, and women’s services, we pride ourselves on our commitment to quality and service.

GDH Benefits

GDH offers a range of employee benefits that are designed to promote well-being and help maintain a healthy work-life balance. These comprehensive benefits cover various aspects of an employee’s life and aim to enhance their overall experience with the company. Our health benefits include three medical insurance options with access to KISx Card, Zero Card, and HealthJoy concierge services. Other plan offerings include dental, vision, life, disability, supplemental insurance, and pet insurance plans. Enjoy additional perks like holiday pay, 401(k) plan, direct deposit, an employee referral program, work-life balance benefits, a Wellbeats membership, a discounted gym membership program, and more!  For more detailed information on benefits, please go to GDH’s website under the tab for candidates.

GDH provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, ancestry, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. Applicants with disabilities who require an accommodation or assistance in applying and/or for interviewing, please contact our HR Department.

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