Cloud Engineer - Terraform + GitLab

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You Are:

As a Cloud Engineer specializing in Terraform and GitLab, you will play a

pivotal role in automating the provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management

of cloud resources across an AWS environment. Your day-to-day responsibilities

will center on designing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using

Terraform, ensuring that cloud environments are both modular and reusable.

The Work:

* You will architect and refine GitLab CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment

workflows, enabling engineering teams to deliver applications rapidly and

reliably.

* By embedding security and compliance checks directly into these pipelines,

you will help enforce practices and maintain robust governance over all

infrastructure changes. In this position, you will leverage advanced features

of GitLab, such as branch protection, code reviews, and environment variable

management, to implement GitOps workflows that keep infrastructure state

consistent and auditable.

* Your expertise in scripting languages like Python, Bash, or PowerShell will

be essential for automating custom tasks and integrating with APIs.

* Additionally, you will utilize monitoring and resource tagging strategies

within Terraform to optimize cloud performance and control costs.

* Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and

Kubernetes, will enable you to support microservices and cloud-native

deployments, further enhancing the scalability and reliability of the

environments you manage.

This is a hybrid role that can be based out of either Aberdeen, MD or Fort

Belvoir, VA, and for most of the time, only 1 day of onsite work will be

expected per week, but during deployments, 2-3 days of onsite work will be

expected per week.

Here’s What You Need:

* Active / Interim Secret clearance or higher

* 3+ years of Terraform experience with deep understanding of Terraform state

management (local, remote, Terraform Cloud)

* Experience with GitLab for code hosting and CI/CD pipeline management

* Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)

* Security+ certified or equivalent in regard to DoD IT II requirements

* Hands-on experience with AWS services (IAM, VPC networking, compute), highly

preferred

* Ability/willingness to work 1-3 days onsite per week in either Fort Belvoir,

VA or Aberdeen, MD

Bonus Points

• If You Have:
• * Ability to create and manage custom.gitlab-ci.yml files, runners, caching,
• and environment variables
• * Experience with government consulting.
• * Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for microservices and cloud-native
• deployments Experience integrating policy-as-code tools (e.g., OPA, Sentinel)
• into CI/CD workflows Familiarity with GitOps workflows and branch protection
• strategies Knowledge of automated monitoring and resource tagging for cost
• optimization Experience embedding security (DevSecOps) into CI/CD pipelines
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• of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of
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• Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District
• of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in
• these locations is shown below.

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