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AWS CloudOps Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

Kirtland AFB; Albuquerque, NMFull-time$99–225K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$99–225K/yr
Location
Kirtland AFB; Albuquerque, NM
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

DoD 8140 IAT Level II Or Higher Certification, requiredTop Secret clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks an AWS CloudOps Engineer to manage and improve AWS infrastructure supporting a mission-critical network. The engineer will maintain availability, monitor performance, translate network metrics into useful insights, and identify modernization opportunities. The role also involves collaborating with RMF teams and mentoring colleagues. Candidates need cloud and system administration experience, a bachelor's degree, a Top Secret clearance, and DoD 8140 IAT Level II or higher certification.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cloud Environment Deployment or Management, requiredWindows or Linux Administration, requiredCloud Migration, requiredCloud Architecture, requiredCloud System Deployment, requiredSystem Administration, requiredCloud Environment Design, requiredRMF Collaboration, requiredDoD Accreditation Processes, nice to haveAWS or Azure Certification, nice to have

Qualifications

5+ Years Cloud Experience, required5+ Years Windows or Linux Administration, requiredTop Secret Clearance, requiredBachelor's Degree, requiredDoD 8140 IAT Level II or Higher Certification, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

AWS CloudOps EngineerThe Opportunity: We are seeking a skilled AWS CloudOps Engineer to support and manage our AWS environment. In this role, you will be responsible for building, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining our AWS infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and security. Your combination of people skills and system administrator expertise makes you the team hero, solving one problem after another. What if you could use those skills to improve the technology to support our client?

As an AWS CloudOps Engineer on our project, you’ll ensure the current infrastructure is functional and available. You’ll constantly look for ways to make the infrastructure better using the latest technology and the best implementation strategies. You’ll provide your customers insight into their network through monitoring and performance management, helping them understand the network by turning metrics into information, and explaining their meaning. Your systems and CloudOps expertise will be vital as you identify problem areas and opportunities for improvement in a mission-critical network.

This is an opportunity to broaden your skill set into areas like cloud computing. We focus on growing as a team, so you’ll share your expertise through leadership and mentoring as you help the team work through challenges and develop new methodologies. As a system administrator leader, you’ll identify new opportunities to modernize the network so your clients achieve their goals. Work with us and resolve daily challenges as we improve warfighter communications.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

  • 5+ years of experience with deployment or management of Cloud environments, including AWS or Azure
  • 5+ years of experience with system administration of Windows or Linux Operating Systems
  • Experience supporting the migration, architecting, building, and deploying of systems and applications in Cloud platforms
  • Knowledge of foundational system administration principles
  • Ability to design cloud environments
  • Ability to collaborate with RMF teams to flush out security controls and initiate or maintain cloud services
  • Top Secret clearance
  • Bachelor's degree
  • DoD 8140 IAT Level II or higher Certification

Nice If You Have:

  • Knowledge of DoD accreditation processes
  • AWS or Azure Certification

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,054 open Cloud Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$99–225K/yr
  • New Mexico median$115–222K/yr20 salary ranges
  • US median$119–205K/yr3,307 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $162K, is 4% below the New Mexico median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Cloud Engineer salary ranges in New Mexico.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 23 open Cloud Engineer jobs in New Mexico and 4,054 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Mexico
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Cloud Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,418 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,450 of the 4,054 open Cloud Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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