AWS Cloud Developer

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 60 Month(s)

Skills

AWS
CI/CD
AWS Lambda
DynamoDB
EKS
S3
SQS
Step Functions
CloudWatch
Terraform
Python
Bash
Ansible
Kubernetes

Job Details

Role: AWS Cloud Developer Location: REMOTE

Description:
Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Developer to be a part of a team supporting a federal financial customer. The successful candidate will lead and contribute to cloud-native solution development, infrastructure automation, and the modernization of mission-critical services including file transfer and messaging queue (MQ) platforms in a secure, agile, and innovative AWS environment. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. This position is Hybrid, required to work onsite some days, and be willing to travel as required.

Responsibilities:
Lead the strategic planning and execution of migrating and maintaining large complex data flows to modern cloud environments, specifically leveraging AWS cloud technologies
Write clean, maintainable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud service logic using tools such as Python, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
Develop and deploy event-driven and containerized applications using Lambda, Step Functions, and Kubernetes (EKS).
Support and enhance COTS products providing file transfer and MQ services (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect: Direct), integrating them into modern AWS architectures.
Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning, and documentation of AWS environments and deployed solutions.
Coordinate closely with stakeholders across teams to manage integration and interface requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment with overall business objectives.
Design and develop cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to use the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your client s environment using current cloud capabilities.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor s Degree and 5 years of experience or 9 years of experience with a HS Diploma.
Professional experience in software development, including substantial experience in technical leadership capacity.
Strong background in AWS cloud engineering and development, including experience with services such as: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, SNS, SQS, Glue, EKS/ECS
Proficient in scripting and programming languages: Python, Ansible, Bash
Experience developing or supporting infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
Experience with AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience communicating with business users and stakeholders.
Must be able to obtain and maintain the required agency clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supporting or integrating file transfer and MQ tools (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect: Direct).
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams (e.g., Scrum, SAFe).
Understanding compliance and security best practices in federal financial cloud environments.

Knowledge and Skills Required:
AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, EKS, S3, SQS, Step Functions, CloudWatch
Terraform/IaC
CI/CD and DevOps
Python, Bash, Ansible
Kubernetes

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