Cloud Platform Engineer

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future. We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success. Credence is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to support secure AWS hosting environments for Department of War customers. This is a hands-on engineering role that supports the broader cloud hosting lifecycle. The position includes AWS infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, container platforms, automation, technical solutioning, troubleshooting, monitoring, security, and operational support. The ideal candidate will have strong experience designing, implementing, automating, and troubleshooting AWS-based environments. Candidates should be comfortable working across infrastructure, deployments, container platforms, security controls, and customer requirements. Responsibilities Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Design, implement, operate, and improve secure AWS hosting solutions supporting development, test, and production environments. Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, cybersecurity professionals, application teams, and customer stakeholders to develop and implement technical solutions. Translate technical and customer requirements into practical cloud infrastructure, deployment, and hosting solutions. Build, maintain, and improve reusable Infrastructure as Code patterns using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar technologies. Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated build, test, security scanning, deployment, and release workflows. Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized workloads using Docker, Amazon ECS/Fargate, and Amazon EKS/Kubernetes. Support container platforms, including workload deployment, configuration, networking, storage, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Develop scripts, tools, and automation using Python, Shell, PowerShell, or similar technologies to reduce manual effort and improve consistency. Convert recurring operational issues into reusable automation, platform capabilities, or standardized deployment patterns. Support AWS-hosted environments as needed, including troubleshooting, incident response, planned maintenance, technical escalations, and production support. Troubleshoot infrastructure, operating system, networking, permissions, database, pipeline, container, and deployment issues. Support cloud platform services related to monitoring,…