Govplace LLC

Why Govplace?

Our intentional culture, our leaders, our people…. which helped us rank in the top 10 Best Companies to work for in in Maryland for the past 3 years. This achievement is a testament to the dedication and passion of our smart, vibrant, and dynamic team members. At Govplace, you won’t just find a job, you’ll discover a career with purpose, impact, and the opportunity to grow. Our team creates and brings market-leading, transformative technology solutions to the federal government, and our goal is to support them in building an exciting and profitable career by providing opportunities for professional and personal growth, competitive benefits, and work/life balance.

Govplace delivers innovative IT solutions to the federal government. We specialize in transforming federal IT systems into efficient scalable infrastructures that enhance operational performance and fortify against evolving cyber threats. We enable mission success for federal agencies with innovative, secure technology solutions and services that drive modernization, elevate cyber security excellence, and unlock peak efficiency. Our expertise in modernization, security, and optimization, augmented by our actionable insights derived from industry partnerships and extensive federal agency knowledge, enables our customers to deliver secure, resilient, and cost-effective services that meet the highest standards of national security and compliance.

Overview

We are seeking a Mid-Level AWS Cloud Engineer to support the design, implementation, and maintenance of a secure, scalable AWS GovCloud environment. This role will play a key part in cloud migration initiatives, ongoing operations, and ensuring compliance with federal security standards.

This is a remote position supporting a federal environment. Candidates must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Required Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

• 2+ years of experience in cloud engineering, systems administration, or cloud architecture
• Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud and core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation, CloudWatch)
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles and compliance frameworks
• Experience with cloud migration and hybrid/multi-cloud environments
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS)
• Proficiency in scripting or automation (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
  • Familiarity with AWS data and analytics tools (Redshift, Athena, etc.)
• Experience supporting federal government or law enforcement environments
• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications in Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Amazon EKS and cloud-native application modernization

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud environments
• Translate business and technical requirements into effective cloud architecture solutions
• Support cloud migration efforts, including planning, data transfer, and workload refactoring
• Manage and optimize AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudFormation)
• Monitor system performance, ensuring high availability and reliability (targeting 99.999% uptime)
• Implement security controls, compliance frameworks, and monitoring solutions
• Collaborate with developers and data engineers to integrate applications and cloud services
• Automate infrastructure and processes using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures
• Perform system patching, upgrades, and continuous monitoring

Environment & Scope

• Support AWS-hosted infrastructure for a federal agency environment
• Participate in a multi-year cloud migration and modernization initiative
• Provide operations, maintenance, and monitoring of production systems
• Ensure compliance, auditing, and reporting requirements are met
• Deliver documentation and knowledge transfer to internal stakeholders

What Success Looks Like

• Successful migration of critical workloads to AWS
• Highly available, secure, and optimized cloud environment
• Strong documentation, monitoring, and disaster recovery processes in place
• Seamless collaboration across engineering, data, and security teams

Govplace is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, national origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.