Cloud Engineer
$88.2k - $171.6k+ 4% 401(k) Match
Mid
Bachelor's
Washington, DC, USA+3 moreMore locations: McLean, VA, USA | Virginia, USA | Maryland, USA
Remote
DevOps & InfrastructureCloud Engineering
No H1B Sponsorship
US Citizenship Required
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical discipline, plus at least 4 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems in AWS using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container ecosystems, including Docker or OCI images, deployments, services, ingress, configuration, and troubleshooting.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline, including automated validation and promotion across environments.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable tooling, emphasizing repeatability and controlled change.
- Working knowledge of AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, network access controls, load balancing, and private connectivity patterns.
- Experience implementing cloud security controls for identity and access management, encryption, secrets, logging, monitoring, and auditability in a restricted or compliance-oriented environment.
- Ability to diagnose distributed-system failures using logs, metrics, traces, and other operational signals, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and customer organizations.
- Must be a U.S. citizen per contract requirements.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance in accordance with contract requirements.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, test, and deploy AWS cloud infrastructure and application services that support secure, scalable, and highly available mission platforms.
- Build and operate containerized services using Kubernetes and related cloud-native technologies, including deployment patterns, configuration management, service discovery, and controlled upgrades.
- Develop repeatable Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD workflows that promote consistent environments, auditable changes, automated testing, and reliable releases.
- Integrate data and application services across APIs, message or event flows, and structured data sources while preserving data integrity, provenance, access controls, and appropriate handling metadata.
- Apply cloud security practices across identity, networking, secrets, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and least-privilege access in accordance with customer and program requirements.
- Instrument services and infrastructure for health, performance, and mission-relevant operational insight; troubleshoot issues across distributed systems and drive root-cause resolution.
- Partner with architects, software engineers, data specialists, security teams, and customer stakeholders to clarify needs, identify technical gaps, and deliver solutions that can evolve with the mission.
- Produce architecture notes, runbooks, deployment guidance, and other maintainable documentation so the platform can be operated and extended by the broader team.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience designing or supporting data integration workflows and services that exchange JSON, XML, or other structured formats.
- Experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECR, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Secrets Manager, KMS, Kafka or MSK, and Systems Manager.
- Familiarity with GitOps, policy as code, automated security scanning, software supply-chain controls, and immutable or repeatable deployment practices.
- Experience supporting platform operations in environments with segmented networks, strict access controls, limited connectivity, or formal change-management processes.
- Ability to translate mission or operational needs into technical designs, implementation plans, and measurable acceptance criteria.
- C3.ai experience is an additional consideration.
- Active Public Trust Clearance.
- Local residency in the Washington, DC metro area is preferred.
- An AWS certification, such as Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Specialty, is preferred.
About the company
Groundswell partners with federal agencies to improve operations through smarter business processes and technology implementations, drawing on commercial-sector experience to solve government challenges. It delivers end-to-end solutions through consulting, systems integration, data management, and user-experience improvements that streamline workflows and improve service delivery. Its differentiators include long-standing IT industry experience with Fortune 100 clients and a government-focused mindset, emphasizing compliance, security, and user-centered design for mission-critical programs. The goal is to help government agencies solve technology challenges and deliver practical, scalable improvements to public services.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
Founded
2003
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Groundswell won the Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ in January 2026.
- Job postings in 2026 show active hiring across Appian, cybersecurity, and performance testing.
- The Army EBS-C fight keeps Groundswell visible on billion-dollar modernization programs.
What critics are saying
- Groundswell's October 2024 Army ERP protest faces Accenture Federal and court delays.
- EPA terminated Groundswell's Solar for All award on August 7, 2025, threatening revenue.
- A loss in EBS-C or Solar for All could cripple growth and credibility.
What makes Groundswell unique
- Groundswell is a McLean federal integrator specializing in Appian and SAP delivery.
- Telesto subsidiary litigates major Army ERP procurements, signaling deep federal capture know-how.
- It combines software implementation with mission operations, not just body-shop staffing.
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Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans