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Forterra

Robot type
Autonomous Vehicle · Defense
Location
ClarksburgMarylandUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Apr 14, 2026
Full-time

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Job description

Forterra is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to design, manage, and secure cloud infrastructure supporting autonomous vehicle platforms and enterprise operations. This role will own critical workstreams including infrastructure inventory, change management, and security compliance across a multi-account AWS environment. The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS experience in a multi-account organization, strong Terraform skills, and a security-conscious mindset. Experience in GovCloud or FedRAMP environments is strongly preferred.

Job responsibilities

  • Manage and secure AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts (commercial and GovCloud).
  • Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, including modules for IAM, networking, compute, and storage.
  • Build and maintain an infrastructure inventory for all critical services and accounts.
  • Implement change management processes for production infrastructure (source control, review, monitoring).
  • Respond to and remediate infrastructure incidents; participate in postmortem reviews.
  • Configure and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability for cloud services.
  • Support security compliance initiatives (GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Panther SIEM, CrowdStrike integration).
  • Collaborate with Cybersecurity on vulnerability management, patching, and asset tagging.

Job requirements

  • 3+ years of professional experience managing AWS infrastructure.
  • Strong Terraform experience (modules, state management, multi-account patterns).
  • Experience with AWS IAM, VPC networking, S3, EC2, EKS, and CloudWatch.
  • Understanding of networking concepts: VPN, Transit Gateway, DNS, security groups.
  • Incident response experience; ability to troubleshoot across application, infrastructure, and network layers.
  • Strong documentation and communication skills.
  • Experience with AWS GovCloud or FedRAMP compliance environments.
  • Experience with EKS cluster management (managed node groups, add-ons).

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