Mechanicode is an agile 8(a) MBE/DBE Digital services firm providing comprehensive  DevSecOps, Cloud Native Engineering & Automation services.

Mechanicode

We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to enable efficient delivery of value to our federal customers through effective infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, empowering application developers to deliver at the speed of business.
The Cloud Engineer will support the operations of the cloud environment through observability, IaC, and cloud-native best practices. You'll be the go-to person for teams that depend on our build and deployment workflows, responding to their needs, unblocking their pipelines, and helping them adopt CI/CD best practices. You'll also explore and test best practices around agentic AI and its potential applications to enhance automation and efficiency for our teams and clients.
Federal ComplianceIdentity verification will happen at multiple stages of the interview process to adhere to federal complianceThis role is based in the US for a US work-authorized person
RequiredMust be a U.S citizen or green-card holderMust be based in Atlanta, Georgia4+ years of Cloud DevOps experienceAbility to pass a background check and obtain a public trust security clearance
Essential Skills, Experience, and Competencies:Experience with writing Python from scratch, able to design, structure, and build scripts and small tools independently, not just modify existing code. Candidates should be prepared to discuss specific examples of Python they have writtenExperience with implementing cloud infrastructure on AWS or AzureExperience designing and deploying AWS serverless architecturesExperience with core AWS services for compute, storage, networking, and IAMExperience managing network/compute/database infrastructure with infrastructure-as-code tools like TerraformExperience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and workflows, ideally with GitHub Actions, including managing and monitoring GitHub Actions runnersExperience with Linux, and Bash scriptingExperience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker, containerD)Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools in cloud environmentsExperience troubleshooting production incidents in distributed systemsExperience using LLMs and automation tools to optimize workflows and processesKnowledge of cloud security best practices, identity, and access managementAbility to develop the architecture for continuous integration and deployment as well as continuous monitoringExpert in basic git actions like cloning, creating branches, navigating between branches, staging code for commit, committing code, resetting, and mergingAbility to support the Product Owner in reducing backlog according to priorities and timelines identified in JIRAProven ability to work under pressure and in fast-paced environmentsAbility to operate and manage work, strategically reason, build relationships and influence others
Nice to HaveAWS/Azure CertificationsExperience designing and deploying Azure environments and servicesExperience creating CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOpsExperience using agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or GitHub Copilot to build applications or automation, or experience using agents to assist with infrastructure operations tasks


Cloud Engineer (Atlanta)

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