Senior Cloud Engineer

<strong><em>This is a remote role from anywhere in the US</em></strong><br><br><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">For over 25 years, NEOGOV has been at the forefront of public-sector innovation, building technology that helps government and education organizations work smarter, move faster, and better serve their communities.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">We are a team of cutting-edge technologists, operators, and problem-solvers with top-tier skills and a shared ambition: to build the most efficient operating model in GovTech. We combine deep public-sector expertise with modern SaaS practices, AI-enabled workflows, and a relentless focus on execution.</span></p><br><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">At our core, we are a people-first company. We empower our customers to support the public servants they employ, the communities they serve, and the talented teams that bring our platform to life.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Our solutions support the entire employee journey, from hire to retire. By transforming complex HR and compliance workflows into simple, intuitive experiences, we help public-sector organizations reduce friction, improve efficiency, and focus on what matters most: making a difference.</span></p><br><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none">This posting is for an existing vacancy.</span></p><br><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">We’re looking for a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team and work closely with the product owner and team of other software engineers to ensure that the SaaS product we’re delivering meets our industry-leading standards of quality.</p><ul><li>Work as a software engineer developing, delivering, and maintaining features such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), our build and release platform, or customer-facing features. </li><li>Design and deploy scalable, highly available, secure, and fault-tolerant systems. </li><li>Maintain and ensure compliance in a high-performance production environment. </li><li>Deliver your work in a reliable and maintainable manner by writing clean, testable code. </li><li>Actively participate in planning work for the team and identify ways to improve team velocity and quality. </li><li>Maintain, test, and implement disaster recovery procedures. </li><li>Perform infrastructure upgrades and updates to maximize system efficiency while minimizing downtime.</li></ul><br><br><br><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Strong problem solver with excellent communication skills</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Empathetic and have a growth mindset with a desire to learn and embrace challenges</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Able to learn new technologies quickly and independently</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Innovative and passionate about your work</span></p></li></ul><br><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><strong>What You Have</strong></span></p><br><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">A desire to work in an operations environment that aspires to DevOps and SRE principles.</p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent professional work experience.<br><br><strong>Must-Have Requirements:</strong></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">Expertise in AWS CDK: Deep, hands-on experience using the AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) to define infrastructure using modern programming languages.</p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">7+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS services, including CloudFormation, Auto Scaling, ECS, and Serverless architectures.</p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">Software development experience with TypeScript, C#, or Java (essential for CDK implementation).<br><br><strong>Nice-to-Have:</strong></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">Strong Cloud fundamentals with an emphasis on AWS Well-Architected best practices.</p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, MSBuild, and Git.</p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 8pt">Experience working in a “compliant” environment (e.g., CJIS, FedRAMP, or SOC2).</p></li></ul><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Comprehensive Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.) for full-time employees</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Generous PTO to support work-life balance</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Remote working opportunities</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">401K Matching</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership</span></p></li><li style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">12-week Paid Parental Leave</span></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Inclusive and diverse environment</span></p></li></ul><br><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none">NEOGOV does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.</span></p><br><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">#LI-REMOTE</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0"> </span>

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1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

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