Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) at Think Tank Inc. in Washington, DC, USA
- Company: Think Tank Inc.
- Location: Washington, DC, USA
- Posted: Sep 18, 2026
- Type: Contract
- Experience: 10+ years
Overview
The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for managing and optimizing AWS infrastructure supporting FMS-NG. This role ensures system availability, scalability, and security while supporting operational continuity and performance optimization.
Job description
- The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for managing and optimizing AWS infrastructure supporting FMS-NG. This role ensures system availability, scalability, and security while supporting operational continuity and performance optimization.
Responsibilities
- Manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch
- Perform infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning
- Coordinate OS patching and maintenance activities
- Support disaster recovery (DR) and continuity of operations (COOP)
- Plan capacity and ensure high availability of systems
- Implement security controls and infrastructure hardening
- Coordinate downtime, upgrades, and environment management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in IT or related field
- 10+ years of experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering
- Hands-on AWS experience required
- Strong knowledge of networking, Linux (RedHat), and security
- AWS Solutions Architect certification preferred
Skills
Required
- Hands-on AWS experience
- Strong knowledge of networking
- Linux (RedHat)
- Security
Preferred
- AWS Solutions Architect certification