Application Cloud Engineer

Peraton

Application Cloud Engineer responsible for managing AWS cloud-based applications and collaborating with teams. Ensuring scalability, performance, and security in a 24/7 environment.

Posted 7/9/2026full-time🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $104,000 - $166,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform
Hands-on experience with Amazon EKS (cluster provisioning, upgrades, node groups management)
Familiarity with EKS networking (VPC CNI, security groups for pods, ALB/NLB ingress controllers
Kubectl proficiency and general Kubernetes object management (deployments, services, configmaps, secrets, RBAC)
Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using AWS CloudWatch and other observability tools
Collaborate with developers to containerize and deploy applications using ECS and Lambda
Deploy applications across multiple environments (dev, staging, prod) and ensure consistency and stability
Monitor deployments and system health using CloudWatch and other tools
Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues and improve pipeline performance and reliability
Perform daily health checks using AWS CLI or scheduled Lambda scripts to check health and log/report results
Collaborate with development team and DevOps teams to ensure applications are stateless and fault-tolerant
Implement enhancements to containerized environments on ECS, focusing on scalability, performance and observability
Enhance container orchestration strategies, including auto-scaling, rolling deployments and upgrades
Support feature branch testing, merge request validation and artifact promotion workflows
Ensure pipeline security and compliance through automated code scanning and approval gates
Responsible for remediation of OS-level, container and dependent vulnerabilities
Orchestrate failover and restoration of ECS/ EKS services, Lambda functions, databases and other infrastructure components
Test and document regional failover playbooks and recovery runbooks
Ensure compliance with RTO (Recovery Time Objective) and RPO (Recovery Point Objective) requirements
Diagnose and resolve production issues related to cloud services, container orchestration, databases and CI/CD pipelines
Follow and improve incident response playbooks, escalation procedures and communication workflows
Automate common operational tasks and improve alert accuracy to reduce on-call fatigue
Log incidents, changes, and operational metrics in tracking systems

Requirements

What you’ll need

5 years with BS/BA. High School diploma and 9 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of the degree.
5 years of IT experience.
Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-based deployment strategies.
Familiarity with image registries like Amazon ECR and CI/CD pipelines for container deployment.
Proficient with Python, Bash, YAML/JSON, Node.js, Lambda functions
Proficient in scripting languages like Python, Bash and Node.js.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub, GitLab, Kubernetes, DevOps, CI).
Knowledge of disaster recovery planning and implementation.
AWS or relevant Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Associate).
Solid understanding of cloud architecture principles, autoscaling strategies and load balancing
Proficient with monitoring, alerting and logging tools.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Must be a US Citizen.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Bonuses
Flexible working hours
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSTerraformKubernetesPythonBashYAMLJSONNode.jsCI/CDDisaster Recovery Planning

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving Skills

Certifications

AWS DevOps EngineerAWS Solutions Architect Associate