Cloud/DevOps Engineer

Cloud Engineer/Systems Administrator – Clearance Preferred but not required. 

 Must be a U.S. Person

 The Cloud Engineer/Systems Administrator will perform the following but not be limited to:

• Design, Provision and Support a fault tolerant infrastructure leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) inclusive of
  • EC2 instances running Red Hat Linux and Microsoft Windows
  • EBS, EFS, S3, and Glacier storage solutions
  • AWS Directory Service and Route 53
  • CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Config
  • AWS CLI
  • CloudFormation
  • SNS and SQS
  • Autoscaling
  • Lambda
  • AWS Workspaces
  • AWS Systems Manager
  • Amazon VPS and ELB
  • VPC
  • (Security Groups, NACLs, VPN, Firewall, Availability Zones)
• Conduct administration, operations, and support for Cloud based Servers and assure the quality of software product releases.
• Evaluate and Manage AWS usage costs and operational costs
• Develop and Support automated processes
• Deliver hands-on engineering, administration, and technical support.
• Provide guidance as a subject matter expert on product design, development, troubleshooting and documentation applications that run-on AWS 
• Implement Systems Security requirements (DISA STIGs, Vulnerability remediation, etc.)
• Perform problem diagnostics, troubleshooting, and development of solutions.
• Assist customers with product related issues.

Required Experience and Skills: 

• At least 2 years’ experience using AWS services and Linux Server Administration
• Experience with implementing security on AWS with VPC, IAM, Security Groups, UTM solutions, NACLS etc., provision infrastructure on AWS and scale applications
• Experience of architecture and design infrastructure on AWS
• Experience with AWS Management Tools as Cloud watch and Cloud Trail
• Experience with Linux and proven strong UNIX Shell scripting
• Ability to obtain a required DoD 8570 certification (e.g., CASP+, CISSP) within 6 months of hire.

Minimum of 2 years of performing operations and maintenance for a medium to large scale virtual environment.

Desired Experience and Skills:

• Systems Administration and/or Security certifications a plus.
• Knowledge of Windows and PowerShell scripting.
• Knowledge and familiarity with other cloud platforms like Azure and GCP.
• Knowledge of Splunk.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field

Languages:

Good oral and written communication skills in English