Cloud Engineer (Mid)

About the role

Company Overview

Spry Methods is a proven provider of mission-focused technology, cybersecurity, and program management solutions supporting critical Federal and DoD missions. We specialize in delivering integrated, high-impact solutions across cyber operations, enterprise resource management, and mission support services. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, accountability, and innovation - empowering our teams to deliver meaningful outcomes in complex, high-security environments.

Who We’re Looking For (Position Overview):

We are seeking a Mid-Level Cloud Engineer to support the migration and modernization of mission-critical applications within AWS GovCloud (US). This role will focus on executing a secure lift-and-shift migration of a complex SQL Server-based application with numerous interconnected system dependencies.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, strong troubleshooting skills, and a solid understanding of secure cloud environments support federal/government workloads. This individual will work in an Agile team environment and contribute to documentation, implementation, and operational sustainment efforts

What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities): - Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure within AWS GovCloud (US) environments

- Execute lift-and-shit migration of on-premises workloads, including SQL Server databases, application servers, dependent services and integrations

- Analyze and map application dependencies to ensure seamless migration and minimal downtime

- Implement cloud networking components (VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs)

- Configure and manage EC2, EBS, load balancers, IAM policies, and backup solutions

- Support high availability, backup, disaster recovery, and failover configuration

- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues

- Apply security best practices aligned with federal compliance requirements

- Produce and maintain detailed technical documentation (architecture diagrams, SOPs, runbooks, migration plans)

- Participate in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, retrospectives)

What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements): - Active Top Secret Security Clearance

- 3-5 years of experience in cloud engineering or related infrastructure roles

- Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud

- Experience migrating on-premises workloads to cloud environments (lift-and-shift preferred)

- Experience in managing Windows Server environments

- Familiarity with core AWS fundamentals such as: VPC design and networking fundamentals, IAM and least-privilege access controls, backup and disaster recovery strategies

- Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)

- Experience with monitoring and logging tools