Cloud Engineer SME

Ignite IT
📍 Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland, United States 💼 Full time 🕒 Posted June 19, 2026

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our team. The Senior Cloud Engineer (Cloud Engineer SME) is the senior technical implementation lead responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing secure, scalable AWS-based environments supporting modernization of complex, interdependent systems.

This role requires deep AWS engineering expertise and advanced Python development skills, as well as active participation in discovery, legacy system analysis, and phased migration planning. The Cloud Engineer SME will work closely with the Systems Architect and Technical Program Manager to assess existing environments, design migration-ready architectures, and implement cloud-native solutions aligned to modernization sequencing and governance requirements.

This is not a pure infrastructure role — the Cloud Engineer SME must be capable of analyzing legacy systems, evaluating migration paths, and translating architectural strategy into...

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Job Details

  • Location Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland
  • Job Type Full time
  • Category Computer Occupations
  • Posted Date June 19, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 29, 2026