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Cloud Engineer - Senior

Saic, Olympia, Washington, United States

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Job ID: 2512365

Location:

WASHINGTON, DC, United States

Date Posted:

Dec 16, 2025

Category:

Information Technology

Subcategory:

Cloud Comp Engr

Schedule:

Full-time

Shift:

Day Job

Travel:

No

Minimum Clearance Required:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work:

On-Site

Benefits:

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Job Description SAIC is seeking a Cloud Engineer Senior Principal role in support of our Department of Transportation (DOT) contract for EITSS Infrastructure support. This is an onsite role; you will be required to work at DOT HQ in Washington, DC full five days.

As a Cloud engineer, you’ll use your experience to architect, build, and design solutions that integrate public Cloud services. You will incorporate techniques like Infrastructure as Code to ensure repeatable deployment of resources. You’ll provide expertise in the use of Cloud reference architectures and solutions to support software development in a DevOps environment. You should have excellent troubleshooting skills, stay current with industry trends, and should be a team player.

Must have a minimum of 10 years of related experience managing cloud environments, possessing extensive skills and knowledge in cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, application data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements. Possess at least 1 Professional or Specialty certification from a cloud provider.

Qualifications Top Qualifications, Skills, Experience or Certifications:

10+ years of experience deploying/configuring workloads within AWS Commercial Cloud using the Console, CLI, and scripting methods, 15+ years' experience in technology

Demonstrated understanding of compute, network, and storage principals

Demonstrated proficiency managing large Organization with Organization Units, Policies, Configs to maintain compliance

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

Prisma Cloud experience is a must

Preferred skills and qualifications:

Experience implementing, managing, and supporting security products to protect workloads in AWS

Good understanding of FedRAMP services and best practices for their consumption by application workloads – examples include API Gateway, Lambda functions, Cognito, AWS Code Commit, and container services

Experience assessing, customizing, troubleshooting, optimizing, and maintaining current and emerging technologies, platforms, and applications to help ensure greater security and efficiencies, inclusive of containers

Demonstrated understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices across cloud service providers.

Demonstrated proficiency with implementing and managing AWS services via AWS Console or CLI of AWS accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, VPCs, load balancers.

Experience managing AWS Public and GovCloud across regions.

Experience with deploying stack sets and using AWS Control Tower.

Good knowledge of GovCloud organizations provision accounts using Compliance Framework.

Proficiency in automating processes with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including use of remote APIs

Experience with cloud orchestration tools and continuous delivery processes to deploy and manage cloud infrastructure for customers to consume.

Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain a public trust.

Target salary range:

$160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Overview SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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