Cloud Developer/Integrator 2 - (AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation)

Akina, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 230,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k 100% vested

Healthcare covered

Education assistance

Job summary

Akina, Inc. in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, seeks a cloud infrastructure engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure cloud ecosystems supporting near-real-time geolocation solutions for decision makers.

The role emphasizes IaC, Terraform/CLOUDFormation, Kubernetes, Java and React development, and robust monitoring; requires TS/SCI polygraph clearance, five years of software experience, and a Hadoop/Cloud Developer Certification.

Qualifications

• Five years’ experience in software development/engineering in programs and contracts of similar scope.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Hadoop/Cloud Developer Certification.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure with best practices and governance.
• Build reusable IaC modules (Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm Charts) and enforce standards.
• Monitor health and performance; respond to incidents and optimize efficiency.
• Develop backup, HA, and cost-optimization strategies.
• Produce architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures; transfer knowledge.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and propose system enhancements.

Skills

Cloud infra

IaC

Java

React

Kubernetes

Docker

Monitoring

Security

Disaster recovery

Cost optimization

Secrets mgmt

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Hadoop/Cloud Developer Certification

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required

Position ID: 05-04-CLSWE2

Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

This team is focused on providing cloud-based geolocation solutions in near-real-time directly to decision makers and warfighters around the world.

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure (e.g., modernization, migration, roadmaps, etc.), ensuring that systems are designed and maintained following best practices and governance requirements.
• Build reusable modules (e.g., Helm Charts, Terraform, etc.) and enforce development standards for creation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Continuously monitor the health and performance of the infrastructure and systems using logging and alerting, identify issues and implement solutions for improved efficiency.
• Provide strategies for failure/recovery (e.g., backup, high-availability, etc.), cost optimization (e.g., tagging, budgets, rightsizing, autoscaling, etc.) and benefit analysis of cloud services.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system capabilities and efficiency.
• Contribute to deliverables (e.g., architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures) and performance metrics, where applicable, and provide knowledge transfer to internal teams.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and recommend enhancements to current systems.

Position Required Skills:

• Experience provisioning, configuring, and managing cloud infrastructure and services (e.g., compute, storage, networking, IAM)
• Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud architectures
• Experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, etc.
• Knowledge of container and platform workloads (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS/AKS/GKE).
• Development experience with Java and React
• Experience configuring monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, etc. and responding to incidents.
• Experience implementing and testing backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies.
• Experience managing secrets and key management with tools such as KMS/KeyVault/Secret Manager, certificates, and rotation policies.
• Experience optimizing cloud cost and performance (e.g., tagging, budgets, rightsizing, autoscaling) and producing usage/cost reports.
• Experience troubleshooting cloud infrastructure issues across networking (DNS, routing, VPN), security, and service limits.
• Experience documenting architectures, runbooks, and operational procedures.
• Experience with Linux OS

CLSWE2 Qualifications:

Five (5) years’ experience in software development/engineering in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional experience in software development/engineering on projects with similar software processes may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Hadoop/Cloud Developer Certification

Salary Range:

$230k-$282k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.