AWS Cloud Engineer
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AWS Cloud Engineer supporting a mission-focused DoD program in Alexandria, VA: builds and automates secure cloud infrastructure (both unclassified and classified, on-prem and cloud) using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and core AWS services like EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS, plus CI/CD, monitoring, and operational support. U.S. citizenship required.
- Provide CI/CD support, including operational engineering, integration, release management, implementation, migration, training, and knowledge transfer.
- Design, build, and maintain Amazon C2S-enabled cloud capabilities using Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, EC2, ELB, RDS, Lambda, S3, and containerization.
- Configure and manage core AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, KMS, AWS Config, RDS, Lambda, and ELB.
- Improve reliability and availability through monitoring, alerting, incident response, and continual service improvement.
- Automate deployments and operational tasks using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and other automation methods.
- Develop automation to reduce manual operations, including provisioning, patching, backups, scaling, and routine maintenance.
- Support deployment orchestration and security configuration management using CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
- Manage and improve integration/testing environments across unclassified and classified infrastructure, both on-premise and cloud-based, before production deployment.
- Document automated testing approaches, including integration, regression, and acceptance testing tools and processes.
- Maintain technical documentation, support patching/logging/vulnerability scanning/compliance tracking, and participate in release management and Agile/Jira ceremonies.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years of Information Technology experience.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with AWS Cloud technologies and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
- 4+ years of experience implementing Amazon C2S-enabled architectures and tools, including Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, JMeter, EC2, ELB, RDS, Lambda, Docker, Git, and S3.
- 4+ years of experience building end-to-end AWS solutions using object-oriented programming and AWS SDKs.
- Experience with scripting/programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, Bash, or PowerShell.
- Experience with AWS or other cloud services, including architectural design.
- Experience with deployment orchestration, automation, and security configuration management using CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, and Bitbucket.
- Experience configuring and managing AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, KMS, AWS Config, RDS, Lambda, and ELB.
- Experience supporting patching, logging, vulnerability scanning, compliance tracking, and secure cloud operations.
- Prior experience supporting DISA, DISA mission partners, classified cloud environments, or Citrix VDI/VDA.
- Experience with Agile/Jira environments, cloud security, compliance, release management, and production deployment support.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off PTO):TEN (10) Paid days off & FIVE (5) Floating days off.
- Holidays: 11 Paid Holidays. Flex time can be utilized instead of holiday time usage.
- Payroll: Paid Bi-Monthly.
- 401(k): Partnered with the SECOND LARGEST Retirement plan provider in the U.S. Guaranteed 3% match. Eligibility – 21 years of age or older, after 3 months of employment
- Individual or company-wide performance and recognition awards (Quarterly)
- UNITED HEALTHCARE PPO, extensive national coverage.
- INCLUDES: Medical/Dental/Vision/HSA.
- Eligible on the first of the month, immediately after the start date.
- Submit the enrollment form within 30 days of your start date otherwise, you will have to wait until October for the new year enrollment.
- Training & Career Development Reimbursement of Tuition and training needed to support career development.
- $150 monthly reimbursement contribution paid monthly towards parking expenses.
- Receipts must be submitted by the close of business on the 25th of each month.
- Reimbursements will be paid on the first payroll AFTER reimbursements are submitted each month.
- Performance bonus – Project-based
- Yearly bonus – Company based