Senior Cloud Maintenance Engineer

Peraton is seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Maintenance Engineer to support the daily operations and long-term reliability of our cloud-based infrastructure. This role is critical for ensuring uptime, performing proactive maintenance, troubleshooting issues and implementing fixes across our cloud environments (AWS). You’ll work closely with DevOps, security and application teams to keep systems running smoothly and securely.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage runner images and update versions. Update docker images
• Ensure proper tagging and cleanup of inactive runners
• Perform IaC maintenance and hygiene
• Maintain and track common vendor container images
• Perform routine system checks, backups and updates
• Maintain accurate documentation on infrastructure and procedures
• Patch assessment and maintenance of infrastructure software, to include third party software patches
• Develop a patch testing schedule and rollout plan to include rollback and recovery
• Maintain metrics and reporting for all infrastructure currency
• Ensure data persistence and durability by utilizing an appropriate tier of cloud services
• Create and manage change records.
• Participates in PI planning/ Agile ceremonies
• Keep cloud environments compliant with security standards and best practices

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA. Additional 4 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of the degree
• 8+ years of IT experience
• Experience in cloud support, infrastructure maintenance or IT operations
• Familiarity with at least one major cloud platform; AWS, Azure or GCP
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GibHub, GitLab, Kubernettes, DevOps)
• Scripting skills for automation and maintenance tasks (Bash, Python)
• Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Associate)
• 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:

• Ability to diagnose performance issues in cloud environments
• Pre-check and post-check scripts for validating system health

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.

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.