Key skills
AWS Core ServicesECSEC2VPCALB/NLBIAMS3DockerContainer LifecycleKubernetesOpenShiftTerraformCloudFormationGitLab CIGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsNetworking FundamentalsSubnetsRoutingSecurity GroupsNACLsCloudWatchLog AggregationMetrics DashboardsIAM RolesSecrets ManagementAuto-scaling GroupsHealth ChecksFailoverEnvironment ManagementConfiguration ManagementTroubleshootingAWSAzureGitHubGitLabLoad BalancingCI/CD
About this role
Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. They are seeking a skilled and highly motivated Cloud / Platform Engineer to deploy, configure, and operate solutions in VAEC.
Responsibilities:
- Deploy containerized services (ECS or OpenShift)
- Configure networking, load balancing, and scaling
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and environment management
- Integrate logging, monitoring, and observability tools
- Maintain system reliability and uptime
Requirements:
- AWS Core Services: ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB/NLB, IAM, S3
- Containerization: Docker image management, container lifecycle
- Orchestration: ECS (preferred), basic Kubernetes/OpenShift exposure
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
- CI/CD Tools: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps pipelines
- Networking Fundamentals: Subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs
- Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, log aggregation, metrics dashboards
- Security Basics: IAM roles, least privilege, secrets management
- High Availability & Scaling: Auto-scaling groups, health checks, failover
- Environment Management: Dev/test/prod separation, configuration management
- Troubleshooting: Logs, metrics, container failures, networking issues
- U.S. Work Authorization: Due to federal contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this position
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability Determination, depending on the agency's background investigation requirements