Senior AWS Architect/Engineer

Position ID : OSOHE-1907 Position Title : Senior AWS Architect/Engineer

Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of SSA Headquarters in Woodlawn, MD. Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site at least 2 days a week.

Hybrid

Need only Local to MD

Key Required Skills:
Systems Admin supporting Middleware, Enterprise Applications, managing complex systems/projects,
workflow, technical knowledge of AWS platform and applications in AWS IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
environments, understanding Network functions/team collaboration.

Position Description:

**THIS IS A CONTINGENT REQ IS BASED UPON FNDING**
Provide engineering and operations support for the AWS CCaaS platform.
Analyze application and platform and translate functional requirements into technical solutions.
Provide recommendations to solve technical business problems and identify opportunities and
risks.
Provide cloud architectural, platform optimization consulting expertise to technical leads, cloud
engineers, and other systems architects.
Document and review IT cloud architecture/infrastructure, and technology portfolio.
Provide recommendations and implementation of cloud technology standards policies and
standards.
Attend all customer technical discussions/design/development meetings and provide technical
inputs to further enhance the code quality/process.
Impact functional strategy by developing new solutions, processes, standards, or operational
plans that position customer competitively in the marketplace with best practices.
All other duties as assigned or directed.
Skills Requirements:
FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS (Basic Qualifications)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
Master's or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.
7+ years of experience in Ansible, Kubernetes, Containers, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence
and CloudFormation
7+ years in AWS Cloud Services such as VPC, EC2, EKS, ECR, EFS, EBS, S3, RDS,
DynamoDB, CloudFront, SQS, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Route 53, Cloud Watch
and IAM.
5+ years of experience practicing AWS Cloud Computing, DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure
Automation, Configuration Management, and Quality Engineering Expertise.
Proficiency with integrating AWS applications with inhouse systems e.g., CRM, ServiceNow
Contact center migration experience from legacy systems to cloud hosted capabilities.
Experience working in Agile Practices (e.g. SAFE, Scrum)
Must be able to obtain a public trust clearance.

FACTORS TO HELP YOU SHINE (Required Skills)
These skills will help you succeed in this position:
Strong understanding of cloud computing architecture and design principles.
Experience with infrastructure as code, automation, and deployment strategies.
Experience with deploying and managing cloud-based solutions in production.
Solid AWS Services Experience: Connect, EC2, Cloud Formation, VPC, ELB, AWS Security,
S3, RDS, EBS, ECS.
Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools for automation
(Ansible).
Hands-on experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby or PowerShell).
Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Splunk).
HOW TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD (Desired Skills)
Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:
Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience working in a team environment.
Hands-on and architectural experience with modern Cloud Native architectures.
Delivery (CI/CD) best practices and use of DevOps to accelerate quality releases to Production.
Design and build high-quality, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions on the AWS
platform.
Experience working in a PaaS/SaaS environments, Agile practices and service-oriented
environments.
Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic
work environment.
Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities.
Adept at working independently, but also in a team environment.
Demonstrated experience delivering technology solutions in a fast-paced, deadline driven
enterprise environment.
Excellent understanding of change management, testing requirements, techniques, and tools to
ensure high availability of systems.
Prior Federal government experience
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field with 7+
years of experience
Must be able to obtain a public trust clearance.