Systems AWS Platform Engineer

Location: US - VA, McLean, US - Remote (Any location)

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Job Family:

Systems Engineering

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Build and maintain a self-service application delivery platform for AWS workloads.

• Design reusable Jenkins shared libraries and pipeline standards.

• Create Terraform module stacks for ECS, S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM, and related AWS services.

• Define the YAML-based application contract used by application teams.

• Implement promotion workflows, approvals, drift prevention, and environment separation.

• Partner with developers, security, and operations to deliver secure golden paths.

• Design and develop end-to-end Jenkins Declarative and Scripted pipelines using Groovy to automate seamless code promotion from development through to production environments.

• Build Terraform modules and root-module compositions for multi-service applications.

• Support ECS Fargate and optional AWS capabilities such as S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM.

• Standardize build, test, deploy, and approval workflows.

• Establish Terraform state and environment management practices.

• Create documentation, templates, and onboarding guides for application teams.

• Improve reliability, observability, security, and cost efficiency.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree or additional FOUR (4) years experience in Lieu of degree

• Four (4) to Ten (10) years Platform Development experience

• Strong AWS experience, especially ECS, IAM, S3, SQS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudWatch.

• Hands-on Terraform experience, including module design and backend/state management.

• Jenkins pipeline expertise, preferably shared libraries and multibranch pipelines.

• Experience creating reusable platform abstractions for multiple services.

• Good scripting ability in Bash or Python.

• Understanding of SDLC, deployment strategies, and release governance.

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience designing IDP (Internal developer platforms).

• Experience with Spring Boot or containerized Java services.

• Experience with approval gates, policy enforcement, and environment promotion.

• Experience with multi-account AWS design.

• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and asynchronous patterns.

• Experience onboarding application teams to shared tooling.

• Experience supporting -based low-code applications.

The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• Care.com annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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