AWS Cloud Engineer at Tetrad Digital Integrity LLC
Arlington, VA
$115,000–$125,000from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role supports a classified government program (CESO) at a cybersecurity firm, building and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure in a C2S environment. The engineer designs, automates, and operates cloud architectures using infrastructure-as-code tools, scripting, and CI/CD pipelines, while also managing integration and testing environments across both on-premise and cloud infrastructure. The position is fully onsite in Arlington, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The role sits at the boundary between infrastructure engineering (building and automating cloud environments) and systems administration (operating and maintaining them). 15-1252 was chosen because the JD emphasizes writing automation code, CI/CD pipelines, and end-to-end solution engineering; 15-1244 is a credible alternative given the heavy operational and administration duties.
The qualifications list Python, Ruby, Java, and PHP as OOP language options; Python is named first and also appears in the responsibilities section, so it is listed as the primary skill with the others as alternatives.
Bash and PowerShell appear only in the responsibilities narrative, not in the formal qualifications block, so they are marked preferred.
Jira appears only in the responsibilities section (Agile ceremonies), not in the qualifications block, so it is marked preferred.
The IAT Level II certification requirement lists Security+ CE as the most common option; all listed alternatives (CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP) are captured as alternatives to a single certification skill.
The posting notes a CI Poly may be required ('ability to obtain and maintain a CI Poly') but does not gate hiring on it — only the active TS/SCI is a hard requirement at time of hire.
The 8–12 years range in the qualifications block is used as the overall years minimum (8), consistent with the minimum of the stated range.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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