Senior Cloud Engineer

About Forterra

Forterra is a leading provider of autonomous systems for ground-based movement in the working world. Amongst some of the earliest innovators in the field of driverless technology, Forterra is focused on building systems that protect front-line soldiers and enable civilian workers in our industrial base. Forterra is the go-to provider of ground autonomy solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense, which harnesses the technology for asymmetric warfare in critical conditions.

About the role

• Forterra is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to design, manage, and secure cloud infrastructure
• supporting autonomous vehicle platforms and enterprise operations. This role will own critical
• workstreams including infrastructure inventory, change management, and security compliance
• across a multi-account AWS environment.
• The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS experience in a multi-account organization, strong
• Terraform skills, and a security-conscious mindset. Experience in GovCloud or FedRAMP
• environments is strongly preferred.

What you'll do

• Manage and secure AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts (commercial and
• GovCloud).
• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, including modules for IAM,
• networking, compute, and storage.
• Build and maintain an infrastructure inventory for all critical services and accounts.
• Implement change management processes for production infrastructure (source control,
• review, monitoring).
• Respond to and remediate infrastructure incidents; participate in postmortem reviews.
• Configure and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability for cloud services.
• Support security compliance initiatives (GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Panther SIEM, CrowdStrike
• integration).
• Collaborate with Cybersecurity on vulnerability management, patching, and asset tagging.
• Manage cost optimization across AWS accounts, including reserved instances, savings plans,
• and storage tiering.
• Document infrastructure architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience managing AWS infrastructure.
• Strong Terraform experience (modules, state management, multi-account patterns).
• Experience with AWS IAM, VPC networking, S3, EC2, EKS, and CloudWatch.
• Understanding of networking concepts: VPN, Transit Gateway, DNS, security groups.
• Incident response experience; ability to troubleshoot across application, infrastructure, and
• network layers.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS GovCloud or FedRAMP compliance environments.
• Experience with EKS cluster management (managed node groups, add-ons).
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline infrastructure (GitLab CI, runners, container registries).
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch,
• or equivalent).
• Linux systems administration proficiency.
• Experience with SIEM platforms (Panther, Splunk, or equivalent).
• Experience with SSO/SAML integration (AWS IAM Identity Center, Entra ID).
• Familiarity with cost management tools (AWS Cost Explorer, budgets, FinOps practices).
• Security certifications (AWS Security Specialty, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent).

US Salary Range

$145,000.00—$165,000.00

The salary range for this role is an estimate and is based on a wide variety of compensation factors. The salary offered to candidates will vary based on a variety of factors including (but not limited to) relevant work experience, education, specialized training, critical expertise, training, and more. Equity in Forterra is included in most of our full-time, high-demand roles and is therefore considered part of Forterra’s overall compensation package. In addition to base salary and equity, Forterra offers competitive benefits for full-time employees including:

• Premium Healthcare Benefits: Three plan options, including an HSA-eligible plan, with Forterra covering 80% of the plan premium for you and your dependents.
• Basic Life/AD&D, short and long-term disability insurance plans 100% covered by Forterra, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a winter break in December.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO) offering 20 days accrued per year.
• A minimum of 7 weeks fully paid parental leave for birth/adoption.
• A $9k annual tuition reimbursement or professional development stipend.
• Fully stocked beverage refrigerators with all the Celsius your little heart desires.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, including traditional, Roth 401(k), and after-tax deferral with company match up to 4%.

Your recruiter will be able to share more information about our salary and benefits offering during the hiring process.

Forterra is an equal-opportunity employer, providing and promoting equal employment opportunity in accordance with local, state, and federal laws. Forterrans are unique, talented individuals who are united through a shared passion to deliver autonomous systems that enable national resilience and a robust supply chain. All qualified applications will receive equal consideration for employment.