AWS Solutions Engineer (1155753)

The Judge Group; Reston (VA); Presencial; USD 41.000 - 55.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Judge Group is seeking an AWS Solutions Engineer to support and evolve AWS infrastructure in Reston, VA. You will work on EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and more, applying infrastructure-as-code and automation to improve availability and security.

With 1–3 years of relevant experience and a degree in information systems, you will learn from senior engineers, handle incident responses, and gradually own cloud service workstreams while documenting changes and configurations.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or a related field, with 1–3 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain public trust clearance.
• Ability to independently manage work and document technical activities.
• Experience building AWS solutions aligned with well-architected frameworks.
• Fundamental networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, subnets, firewalls).
• Basic understanding of infrastructure security and system hardening.
• Hands-on experience with CloudFormation, Terraform, Python, or similar tools.

Responsabilidades

• Support AWS infrastructure including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, load balancing, DNS, and related services.
• Implement infrastructure changes using architecture, procedures, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Maintain and modify Terraform and/or CloudFormation configurations under guidance from senior engineers.
• Monitor cloud resources and investigate availability, performance, configuration, and security issues.
• Troubleshoot networking, OS, application connectivity, permissions, DNS, and cloud-service issues.
• Support vulnerability remediation, patching, configuration compliance, and security hardening activities.
• Assist with cloud migrations, modernization, disaster recovery, and lifecycle activities.
• Develop scripts and automation to reduce repetitive tasks.
• Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, procedures, and change records.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Learn cloud architecture, security, networking, automation, and operations from seniors.
• Gradually own cloud services and workstreams as experience grows.

Conocimientos

AWS infra

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Networking

Security hardening

Automation scripting

Documentation

Educación

Bachelor's degree in information systems

Herramientas

Terraform

CloudFormation

Python

Descripción del empleo

Location: Reston, VA, US

Salary: $30.00 USD Hourly - $40.00 USD Hourly

Description: Our client is currently seeking a AWS Solutions Engineer

We Are Specifically Looking For Someone Who Can

• Support AWS infrastructure including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, load balancing, DNS, and related services.
• Implement infrastructure changes using established architecture, procedures, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Maintain and modify Terraform and/or CloudFormation configurations under guidance from senior engineers.
• Monitor cloud resources and investigate availability, performance, configuration, and security issues.
• Troubleshoot networking, operating system, application connectivity, permissions, DNS, and cloud-service issues.
• Support vulnerability remediation, patching, configuration compliance, and security-hardening activities.
• Assist with cloud migrations, modernization efforts, disaster recovery, and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
• Develop scripts and automation to reduce repetitive administrative work.
• Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, procedures, and change records.
• Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis.
• Work with senior engineers to learn cloud architecture, security, networking, automation, and operational best practices.
• Gradually assume ownership of cloud services and technical workstreams as experience develops.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or relevant field and 1-3 years of practical experience in the field
• Ability to obtain public trust clearance
• Ability to independently manage assigned work, document technical activities, communicate issues, and seek assistance when appropriate.
• Demonstrated self-initiative to build enterprise-like AWS systems and resources that align with well-architected frameworks
• Understanding of fundamental networking concepts including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, subnets, and firewalls/security groups, with the ability to apply systematic troubleshooting methods
• Basic understanding of infrastructure security concepts such as least privilege, vulnerability remediation, system hardening, and security baselines.
• Hands-on experience building solutions with Cloudformation, Terraform, Python, or other tools

Beneficial Qualifications

• Cloud related certifications (Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, etc)
• Exposure to CIS Benchmarks, STIGs, or similar security and compliance frameworks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.

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