Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ActioNet, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer / Cloud Engineer Subject Matter Expert to serve as the senior technical implementation lead for secure, scalable AWS cloud environments. The role focuses on legacy-system assessment, phased cloud migration planning, Python development, infrastructure automation, cloud-native implementation, and collaboration across architecture, application, cybersecurity, and data engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Participate in structured discovery and assessment of legacy applications, infrastructure, dependencies, integrations, batch processes, and data flows
- Document current-state architectures, system inventories, cloud readiness gaps, modernization constraints, and technical dependencies
- Evaluate workloads using the 7 Rs migration framework and provide technical input into migration roadmaps, sequencing, and modernization waves
- Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available AWS cloud environments
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies
- Establish repeatable cloud environment patterns for development, testing, staging, and production
- Implement AWS networking, IAM, encryption, resiliency, backup, disaster recovery, and security controls
- Develop production-quality Python solutions including serverless functions, automation utilities, orchestration scripts, data transformation tools, and validation services
- Support modernization and refactoring of legacy Python applications and establish reusable cloud-native development patterns
- Implement AWS services including Lambda, ECS/EKS, Fargate, Glue, Aurora/PostgreSQL, S3, and AWS Batch
- Evaluate serverless, containerized, and managed-service architectures based on performance, scalability, cost, and workload requirements
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines incorporating automated builds, testing, security scanning, quality controls, and deployment automation
- Automate cloud provisioning and deployments to ensure reproducible and version-controlled environments
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, performance baselines, and capacity thresholds
- Support load testing, scalability validation, operational readiness, and development of runbooks
- Identify and mitigate integration risks across interdependent applications and cloud environments
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, and data engineering teams to maintain consistent cloud implementation patterns
- Support architecture reviews, security assessments, ATO readiness, audit activities, and governance requirements
- Maintain traceable technical documentation and auditable deployment records
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, application modernization, or related technical disciplines
- 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions in AWS
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS networking, compute, storage, security, database, container, and serverless services
- Advanced Python development experience with production-quality coding, testing, logging, modular design, and secure development practices
- Experience developing Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies
- Experience assessing legacy applications and infrastructure for cloud migration and modernization
- Understanding of the 7 Rs migration framework, workload migration strategies, and phased modernization approaches
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines
- Strong understanding of containers, serverless computing, managed services, and cloud-native architecture
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, observability, resiliency, and disaster recovery solutions
- Ability to analyze complex technical dependencies and translate architectural concepts into deployable solutions
- Strong technical documentation, communication, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills
- This is a hybrid position based in Washington, DC Metro Area
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, or equivalent AWS certification
- Experience supporting large-scale Federal Government modernization programs
- Experience with ATO, NIST, FedRAMP, RMF, or Federal cybersecurity requirements
- Experience modernizing complex, interdependent legacy applications and data platforms
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, Fargate, AWS Glue, AWS Batch, Aurora/PostgreSQL, and enterprise data integration
- Experience working within Agile, SAFe, DevSecOps, or product-oriented delivery environments
Benefits
- Hybrid position based in Washington, DC Metro Area - 2 days a week on-site
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Medical Insurance
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Vision Insurance
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Dental Insurance
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Life and AD&D Insurance
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: 401(k) Savings Plan
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Education and Professional Training
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Employee Referral and Merit Recognition Programs
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Employee Assistance and Identity Theft Protection
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Paid Holidays: 11 per year
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in ActioNet’s Benefits Program: Disability Insurance
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