Cloud / Platform Engineer

Job Overview

Aretum is seeking a skilled and highly motivated Cloud / Platform Engineer. As a Cloud / Platform Engineer, you will deploy, configure, and operate the solution in VAEC. Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization, employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

About Aretum

Aretum is a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative, technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense, civilian, and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and transformation, helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration, inclusion, and professional growth are at the forefront.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy containerized services (ECS or OpenShift)


• Configure networking, load balancing, and scaling


• Implement CI/CD pipelines and environment management


• Integrate logging, monitoring, and observability tools


• Maintain system reliability and uptime

Required Qualifications

• AWS Core Services: ECS, EC2, VPC, ALB/NLB, IAM, S3


• Containerization: Docker image management, container lifecycle


• Orchestration: ECS (preferred), basic Kubernetes/OpenShift exposure


• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar


• CI/CD Tools: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps pipelines


• Networking Fundamentals: Subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs


• Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, log aggregation, metrics dashboards


• Security Basics: IAM roles, least privilege, secrets management


• High Availability & Scaling: Auto-scaling groups, health checks, failover


• Environment Management: Dev/test/prod separation, configuration management


• Troubleshooting: Logs, metrics, container failures, networking issues

Travel Requirements

This is a remote position; however, occasional travel may be required based on project needs, client meetings, team collaboration events, or training sessions. Travel is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)


• Retirement Plan (401k)


• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)


• Paid Time Off


• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)


• Short Term & Long-Term Disability


• Training & Development