AWS Software Engineer

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an AWS Software Engineer to join a dynamic team supporting critical government projects. This role involves maintaining and optimizing cloud infrastructure, ensuring top-notch system performance, and providing Tier 3 support for advanced biometric systems. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, tackling challenges in cloud systems administration and contributing to innovative solutions. With a fully remote work setup, you'll enjoy the flexibility of working from anywhere in the United States while playing a vital role in enhancing national security technology.

Qualifications

• 6 years of IT experience with a focus on cloud systems administration.
• Expertise in AWS, RHEL, and Windows environments.

Responsibilities

• Install and configure software/hardware, including servers and firewalls.
• Monitor system performance and manage user accounts and security.

Skills

Information Technology Experience

Cloud Systems Administration

AWS

RHEL

Windows

Java Development

Golang Development

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

AWS GovCloud

RedHat OpenShift

Ansible

Docker

CyberArk

Splunk

Jenkins

Gitlab

SonarQube

Job description

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma and 6 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. government agency level clearance (the DHS EOD, which you must have prior to starting).
• 5 years of relevant Information Technology experience.
• Experience in Cloud Systems Administration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS experience
• Expert knowledge of RHEL, Windows, & other open-source technologies.
• Knowledge of OpenShift, Splunk, Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, JFrog, and similar toolsets
• Advanced knowledge and experience using the Java Message Service (JMS) API in conjunction with either the Apache ActiveMQ or IBM ActiveMQ message brokers.
• A development background in Java and/or Golang
• Experience managing applications that use web services to manage queue-based message services.

Program Technologies:

• AWS GovCloud (AWS Console)
• RedHat OpenShift
• Ansible and Docker containers
• Ansible Automation Platform
• Aurora AWS (PostgreSQL) database
• Gitlab and Jenkins pipeline
• CyberArk
• Splunk
• SonarQube
• Jenkins

Peraton is seeking an AWS Software Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will become part of Peraton’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Datacenter Consolidation and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) program providing Tier 3 support to the DHS Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) biometric system. The Tier 3 team maintains the HART infrastructure by installing and configuring system software and hardware, monitoring system performance, resolving customer tickets within JIRA and supporting system incident troubleshooting calls. Tier 3 members closely interact with the government customer to achieve system objectives, provide ticket updates, and system status updates. Tier 3 members are expected to be on-call for a week at a time approximately 4 – 6 times a year. This role is entirely telework based with core hours between 9 am – 3 pm (EST) Monday – Friday; applicant must reside and perform all work within the United States.

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

• Help develop, document, communicate, and enforce a network technology policy.

• Be responsible for the installation and configuration of new software and hardware, including the server network, devices, and firewalls.

• Be responsible for monitoring system performance, IT system operations and storage utilization.

• Plan for necessary hardware or software upgrades to support system growth.

• Manage user accounts and assets and assign and update security permissions on the network according to security policy.

• Provide support with escalated help desk requests.

• Perform typical system administrator activities.

• Review systems performance logs to identify anomalies and troubleshoot issues.

• Identify root cause and documenting troubleshooting steps to resolution.

• Support active directory/LDAP, certificate services, network communications, and group policy and security compliance.

• Provide Tier III support (problem/incident management).

• Work independently and in team settings to achieve key project/program objectives and deliverables.

• Provide on-call support for a week at a time: approximately 4 – 6 weeks per year.