Application Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a skilled and motivated Application Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining cloud-based applications and infrastructure on AWS. You will work closely with development, operations and security teams to ensure the scalability, performance and security of cloud applications. The hired individual will also participate in on-call rotations to support 24/7 production systems and respond to incidents as they arise

Roles & Responsibilities:

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

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications:

• 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 (GibHub, GitLab, Kubernettes, 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with container orchestration (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)

• Knowledge of ITIL practice or incident management frameworks

• Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range $104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.