Cloud Engineer III

Trace3

Cloud Engineer III at Trace3 providing engineering expertise in migrating and modernizing cloud environments for government clients. Responsible for deploying secure cloud solutions and ensuring compliance.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeColorado Springs • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $100 - $120 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerEC2

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, provision and deploy AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch and related services) following industry best practices and organization standards.
Execute cloud migrations with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and application continuity across environments.
Implement Zero Trust architecture principles throughout infrastructure and systems to ensure security posture.
Configure and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies, active directory integration for role-based access controls.
Produce internal and customer facing documentation for the configuration and use of deployed systems.
Configure and manage active directory services for system, application and environment access including security and group policies within active directory.
Implement security controls and hardening measures to meet compliance requirements and organizational security standards as implemented.
Conduct security assessments of cloud resources and remediate identified vulnerabilities
Monitor system and application performance metrics using CloudWatch and other observability tools to assess, provide recommendations on and take action in order to resolve performance issues.
Perform root cause analysis on incidents and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence
Maintain and enhance documentation of infrastructure configurations for all environments.
Provide reports and actions taken necessary to work as a team and enable handoff of issues within and between teams.
Evaluate and make recommendations on cloud and system technologies including executing proof-of-concept and minimum viable product testing as part of program engineering efforts.
Support application migrations into infrastructure as code and cloud native approach.
Provide feedback and revision to customer-based requirements when core program direction and requirements do not align
Ability to build strong and friendly relationships with partners, stakeholders and customers to limit escalated issues.
Experience in troubleshooting, developing and deploying containerized applications and system workloads using Docker, including building optimized Docker images, managing container lifecycles and debugging container runtime issues across environments.
Deliver Cloud Solutions across multiple environments to meet business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of progressive IT experience in systems administration, networking or infrastructure engineering
4+ years of demonstrated Cloud Engineering experience, with a primary focus on AWS service design, deployment and operations.
CompTIA Security+ Certification AWS Associate Certification or higher

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents
401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match, 529 College Savings Plan, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
Competitive Compensation
Training and development programs
Major offices stocked with snacks and beverages
Collaborative and cool culture
Work-life balance and generous paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSEC2VPCIAMS3RDSLambdaCloudWatchDockerZero Trust architecture

Soft Skills

communicationteamworktroubleshootingrelationship buildingproblem solvingdocumentationroot cause analysisrecommendationfeedbackcollaboration

Certifications

CompTIA Security+AWS Associate Certification