Cleared AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA) SME (Washington, DC)

Virtual Service Operations; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm seeking AWS-focused engineers to tackle complex cloud challenges within highly controlled environments. You will drive infrastructure automation, security governance, and scalable deployment patterns in federal-grade settings.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on experience with Landing Zone, Control Tower, and AWS Organizations, plus strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in AWS cloud infrastructure or migration engineering.
• Direct hands-on experience implementing AWS Landing Zone Accelerator.
• Experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and infrastructure-as-code governance.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain AWS Landing Zone Accelerator and multi-account governance patterns.
• Align development, test, and production configurations through infrastructure as code.
• Design and validate blue/green deployments and controlled rollback procedures.
• Develop repeatable deployment and migration processes for restricted AWS environments.

Skills

AWS expertise

Infrastructure as code

Blue/green deployments

Governance practices

Communication

Tools

AWS Landing Zone Accelerator

AWS Organizations

Control Tower

IaC governance

Job description

Description

Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle?

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain AWS Landing Zone Accelerator and multi-account governance patterns.
• Align development, test, and production configurations through infrastructure as code.
• Design and validate blue/green deployments and controlled rollback procedures.
• Develop repeatable deployment and migration processes for restricted AWS environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in AWS cloud infrastructure or migration engineering.
• Direct hands-on experience implementing AWS Landing Zone Accelerator.
• Experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and infrastructure-as-code governance.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating across AWS commercial, GovCloud, or other restricted partitions.
• Experience designing resilient migration and cutover patterns.
• Relevant AWS professional or specialty certifications; Security+ or CISSP where applicable.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance; must be eligible for applicable SCI read-on/indoctrination and additional program-specific access approvals.
• Must reside within commuting distance of one of the following 4 approved secure work locations: Herndon, VA; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; or Denver, CO.
• Regular on-site work in an approved secure facility and occasional work at authorized customer facilities may be required. This is not a remote position.
• Full-time position, on-site
• Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status

What is Important to Us

• You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
• You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
• Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
• You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
• You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.

What we offer you

As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

More About VSO

VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers