AWS Solutions Engineer

Date PostedMay 28, 2026LocationRemoteCompanyLeidosSalary$87,100.00 - $157,450.00TypeMid Level

Job Summary

The AWS Solutions Engineer will design complex, secure, and enterprise-scale cloud solutions while managing multi-cloud environments. This role focuses on continuous improvement, infrastructure as code, and troubleshooting within highly regulated frameworks. The successful candidate will leverage a growth mindset to drive operational excellence in networking, security, and data analytics.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement secure cloud solutions using IaC
  • Monitor and maintain cloud compliance and security posture
  • Troubleshoot complex AWS environment issues
  • Manage cloud networking, costs (FinOps), and data platforms

Required Skills

  • AWS Cloud Services
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
  • Cloud Security & Compliance (CIS/STIG)
  • Multi-cloud Networking
  • FinOps and Data Analytics

Job Details

### Role Overview This position involves designing complex solutions, troubleshooting AWS environments, and ensuring continuous improvement in alignment with regulatory requirements. You will work across multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP) to deliver secure infrastructure. ### Key Responsibilities - **Solution Design:** Develop and implement reusable cloud patterns and solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for self-service secure delivery. - **Continuous Monitoring:** Improve compliance and cyberposture through AWS Security Hub, Config, Cloudtrail, Guardduty, and Azure Defender integration. - **Problem Solving:** Troubleshoot and resolve AWS cloud environment issues and document findings for team knowledge transfer. - **Networking:** Manage network connectivity, security groups, route tables, subnets, VPC allocations, VPNs, and peerings while balancing reliability and costs. - **FinOps:** Effectively manage resource costs, budgets, anomalies, and reporting. - **Data Analytics:** Manage big data analytics platforms, workloads, and data tiers. ### Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in information systems or relevant field and 4+ years of practical experience (or Master's degree and 2+ years of experience). - Ability to obtain a public trust/interim approval. - Proficiency in self-managing tasks using M365 tools. - Demonstrated ability to independently resolve issues and operate with a growth mindset. - Hands-on experience building multi-cloud networks with secure routing and firewalls. - Practical knowledge of regulatory controls, baselines, and security policies (CIS benchmarks, STIG, etc). - Experience with AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or equivalent tools. ### Beneficial Qualifications - Operational exposure to GCP. - Experience with containerization technologies and methodologies.