AWS Cloud Engineer

Overview: We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Systems Engineer proficient in administering AWS GovCloud cloud service platform. As a Cloud Engineer you will partner with the cloud platform team and development team to build, manage, and enable the underlying cloud infrastructure and platforms in support of the business application development project.

Position Responsibilities

·        Partner with the cloud platform team and development team to build, manage, and enable the underlying cloud infrastructure and platforms in support of a business application development project.

·        Developing software according to software development lifecycles (SDLCs), including DevOps, Agile, Lean, or Iterative.

·        Design and create custom build cloud applications and Set up and configure DevSecOps for cloud environments

·        Designing, deploying, and migrating secure and maintainable systems for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) environments.

Position Requirements

As a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer, we require 10 years of experience in the field of technology including application development, 5 years of which focused on supporting Cloud technologies.

·        Expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and government platform experience preferred.

·        Experience with direct configuration and management of AWS components, including CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, RDS or Aurora, PostgresSQL, Lambda, Glue or MWAA (Airflow)

·        Experience with designing or implementing cloud architectures for analytics/data processing/machine learning use-cases, such as data lakes, lake formations, etc.

·        Proficient in at least one high-level programming language such as Python, PowerShell, or Infrastructure as Code (AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, etc.). Python 3.x data engineering with pandas, Databricks, or SPARK preferred.

·        DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and automation, containers, and related best practices for cloud deployment. Experience with GitLab or Azure DevOps preferred.

·        Experience with containerization as a strategy for cloud-enabling legacy applications such as Docker and Kubernetes (AWS EKS, ECS, or Fargate preferred)

·        Understanding of cloud-based architectures, web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage. Experience with AWS Load Balancer.

·        Familiarity with loose coupling, stateless systems, and best practices for designing cloud ready applications.

·        Understanding of cloud federation technologies such as SAML, Okta, OAuth, and OpenID Connect and how to apply these technologies to enterprise and public-facing applications.

·        Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud-ready architecture.

·        Understanding of RESTful Web Services, XML, or JSON. Experience with AWS API Gateway.

·        Awareness of cloud information security risks and best practices, especially in a highly secure operating environment.

·        Familiarity with government cloud deployments (FedRAMP, FISMA, high security environments, etc.)

·        Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.

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