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Cloud Platform Engineer

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for a Cloud Platform Engineer to support cloud modernization efforts for DoW customers. This role focuses on building, operating, and improving reusable cloud platform capabilities using AWS, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and containerization.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience supporting secure cloud environments, developing repeatable infrastructure patterns, improving deployment workflows, and helping engineering teams deliver workloads more efficiently. This role will work closely with Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, Cybersecurity Professionals, and customer stakeholders to design, deploy, troubleshoot, and improve secure AWS-based platform services.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, Cybersecurity Professionals, and customer teams to manage, modernize, and secure AWS-based platforms supporting DoW customers
  • Build, maintain, and improve reusable cloud infrastructure patterns using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
  • Support development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, security scan, deployment, and release workflows
  • Assist application and engineering teams with onboarding workloads to platform services and standardized deployment patterns
  • Support containerized workload deployments using technologies such as Docker, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure, pipeline, container, networking, permissions, and deployment issues across development, test, and production environments
  • Develop scripts and automation to reduce manual operational tasks and improve consistency, reliability, and delivery speed
  • Help maintain platform services related to monitoring, logging, access control, configuration management, patching, and operational support
  • Work with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure platform services and automation align with security, governance, and customer requirements
  • Research, evaluate, and recommend new tools, technologies, and engineering practices that improve platform reliability and developer experience
  • Document technical designs, deployment procedures, runbooks, reusable patterns, and operational processes

Requirements

  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field
  • Current CompTIA Security+ certification, or ability to obtain within the first 60 days
  • Current AWS certification, or ability to obtain within the first 90 days
  • 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, systems administration, infrastructure automation, or a related technical role
  • Hands-on experience with AWS environments and core services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Security Groups, RDS, EFS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Systems Manager
  • Working experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar technologies
  • Experience developing, maintaining, or supporting CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or similar platforms
  • Hands-on experience with containerization concepts and tools such as Docker, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, or AWS Fargate
  • Proficiency with scripting or automation using Shell, PowerShell, Python, or JavaScript
  • Ability to work and produce results in an agile, fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document technical processes and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Associate, Specialty, or Professional-level certification
  • Experience with Terraform modules, remote state, workspaces, and reusable IaC patterns
  • Experience with Git-based workflows, branching strategies, merge requests, and code reviews
  • Familiarity with YAML and JSON for infrastructure, pipeline, and configuration definitions
  • Understanding of orchestration and automation tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, AWS Systems Manager, or similar technologies
  • Experience with Kubernetes tooling such as Helm, ingress controllers, namespaces, or container registries
  • Experience supporting secure environments subject to federal, Public Trust, NIST, or similar compliance frameworks
  • Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, OpenSearch, Prometheus, or Grafana
  • Familiarity with AI/ML concepts, generative AI tools, or AI-assisted development workflows
  • Familiarity with Active Directory or LDAP-based solutions
  • RHEL, Linux, or Windows Server administration experience

Salary Range: $100,000 - $180,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, education, certifications, skills, and overall qualifications.

What this application asks

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First name, Last name, Email, Headline, Please list your full legal first and last name (e.g., John L. Smith II), Please provide your preferred first name, Phone, By providing a phone number and submitting this form you consent to receive SMS text messages from Credence LLC in accordance with our SMS Privacy Policy (https://credence-llc.com/careers/sms-privacy/) Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary. Reply No, to STOP and opt out., Address, Photo, Education, Experience, List any work related certifications or licenses you currently possess, Please comment on how your prior education and experiences qualify you for the type of employment you are seeking., Summary, Resume, Please indicate which active clearances you have, If you have a security clearance not listed, please fill in., Cover letter, Type of work desired, What is your annual salary expectation? (Ranges are welcomed- non-answers may delay your consideration), What date are you available to join Credence as a new hire?, Are you legally authorized to work in the U.S. as a U.S. citizen or Fully Naturalized U.S. Citizen?
, Do you currently or will you in the future, require an immigration sponsorship and/or a host for a work visa authorization (e.g., F1 or H-1B)?  (if hired, verification will be required consistent with federal law.)
, Are you at least 18 years old?  (if no, you may be required to provide authorization to work)
, How did you hear about us? Was it a job board or an employee? Do tell...., Have you ever worked for Credence before?
If yes, what year and in what role?, Credence honors our Service Members and wonder if you are a Veteran or have Veteran status?, Credence honors our Service Members and their spouses, have you ever been a Military Spouse?, Do you have any relatives employed by this organization?, I have disclosed all information that is relevant and should be considered applicable to my candidacy for employment. 

I understand, where permissible under applicable state and local law, I may be subject to a pre-employment drug test after receiving a conditional offer of employment, and must receive a negative result for illegal drug use before being permitted to commence work with Company. I understand, where permissible under applicable state and local law, I may be subject to a pre-employment medical examination after receiving a conditional offer of employment, and must meet the qualifications for the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, before being permitted to commence work with Company. I understand, where permissible under applicable state and local law, I may be subject to a pre-employment background check after receiving a conditional offer of employment to investigate my criminal background and other matters related to my suitability for employment. Initial to agree., I hereby certify that the information given by me is true in all respects. I authorize Company and its representatives to contact my prior employers and all others (with the exception of my current employer, only if I have marked "May we contact your present employer" on this application as "No") for the purpose of verification of the information I have supplied and release same from any liability resulting from the information released. I authorize employers, schools and other persons named on this application to provide any information or transcripts requested. Initials to agree, I understand employment with Company is also contingent on my providing sufficient documentation necessary to establish my identity and eligibility to work in the United States. 

If employed, I understand that as a condition of employment that I may be required to agree to and sign a non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and/or other similar agreements. I also agree to notify the organization during the pre-employment process of any non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and/or other similar agreements that I may have already signed with current and former employers. 

I expressly understand and agree that, if employed, my employment, having no specified term, is based upon mutual consent and may be terminated at-will, with or without cause, by either party (Company or me) without prior notice to the other, unless otherwise prohibited by law. 

I understand that no representation, whether oral or written, by any representative or agent of Company, at any time, can constitute an implied or express contract of employment. I further understand no representative or agent of Company has the authority to enter into an agreement for employment for any specified period of time or to make any change in any policy, procedure, benefit or other terms or condition of employment other than in a document signed by an authorized representative. 

I understand that the technical processing and transmission of the application, including my personal information, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks, including the transfer of this information to the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing and use by Company, its affiliates, and their agents; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks and devices. Accordingly, I agree to permit such parties to make such transmissions and changes, and hereby provide the necessary consent for the same. Initial to agree., Do you currently meet the worksite location requirements for being On-site or Hybrid as defined in the job description?, If “No”, are you willing to relocate to meet this requirement? Please note that candidates who are unable to work onsite or relocate will not meet the position requirements.

  • Are you a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a security clearance or a public trust? yes / no
  • Do you reside local to McLean, VA? yes / no
  • Are you open to working a hybrid work schedule with 3 days per week being located on-site in McLean, VA? yes / no
  • Do you have at least 5 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, systems administration, or infrastructure automation? yes / no
  • Have you supported production cloud environments in an enterprise or government environment? yes / no
  • Do you have hands-on experience administering AWS environments? yes / no
  • Do you have hands-on experience using Terraform? yes / no
  • Have you created reusable Terraform modules? yes / no
  • Have you built or maintained CI/CD pipelines? yes / no
  • Do you have hands-on experience with Docker? yes / no
  • Have you deployed workloads using Amazon ECS? yes / no
  • Have you worked with Amazon EKS? yes / no
  • Do you have hands-on Linux administration experience? yes / no
  • Do you have experience administering RHEL environments? yes / no
  • Do you have Windows Server administration experience? yes / no

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