Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DecisionPoint Corporation seeks Cloud Platform Engineers to support secure, compliant, and scalable IL5 AWS GovCloud environments for a large federal and DoD-aligned mission. The role focuses on cloud provisioning, Infrastructure-as-Code development, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, platform operations, and DevSecOps integration across development and production environments.
Responsibilities
- Implement IL5 AWS GovCloud services including compute, storage, networking, IAM, and managed components
- Develop and maintain IaC modules using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools
- Configure cloud environments, baseline configurations, encryption settings, and resource policies
- Deploy and manage cloud logging, observability, and monitoring agents across all environments
- Support platform operations including patching, uptime monitoring, performance tuning, and resource optimization
- Ensure platform configurations adhere to Zero Trust principles, RMF controls, STIGs, and IL5 cloud requirements
- Assist with provisioning cloud environments for application teams, applying repeatable and secure templates
- Troubleshoot cloud issues related to IAM, networking, compute, storage, and configuration drift
- Maintain platform documentation, architecture diagrams, IaC repositories, and operational playbooks
- Support DevSecOps pipeline integration and deployment automation for platform-level services
- Participate in Change Control Board (CCB) reviews for cloud updates and environment-level changes
Skills
- Must hold an **active Top Secret clearance**, supported by a **Tier 5** background investigation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Cloud Engineering
- * Minimum **5 years** of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cloud operations
- * Experience implementing AWS services using IaC templates
- * Experience configuring cloud environments, logging, monitoring, or observability tools
- * Experience supporting IL5 or DoD cloud environments
- * Strong understanding of AWS GovCloud services, configuration, and deployment patterns
- * Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC frameworks
- * Knowledge of cloud monitoring, logging, and centralized observability platforms
- * Understanding of RMF, STIGs, Zero Trust, and IL5 cloud governance requirements
- * AWS Cloud Practitioner certification
- * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across cloud platform components
- * Excellent communication skills for collaborating with engineering and cybersecurity teams
- * High attention to detail and accuracy in configuration, IaC development, and documentation
- * Ability to manage multiple tasks in dynamic, mission-critical environments
- * Ability to deliver consistent, secure, scalable cloud platform services
- * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated cloud deployments
- * Experience with Kubernetes or serverless components
- * Experience integrating platform logging with SIEM or analytics tools
- * CompTIA Security+
- * AWS Administrator or Solutions Architect certification
- * ITIL v4 Foundation
Benefits
- These positions are fully remote.
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