Expert Cloud Engineer

Convirgence

McLean (VA)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Direct engagement with leadership

Opportunities for career development

Dynamic team environment

Job summary

An opportunity for an Expert Cloud Engineer at a company offering impactful projects in government and defense. The role involves designing cloud architectures and providing solutions on AWS, working in a collaborative environment conducive to career growth. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with AWS and cloud automation tools.

Qualifications

Minimum of 11 years related experience.
Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud.
Demonstrated skills in cloud architecture and implementation.

Responsibilities

Designing cloud architecture and resolving issues with cloud-hosted services.
Creating users/groups using AWS security groups.
Configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs) and auto-scaling groups.

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cloud automation technology

DevOps practices

Linux

Elastic load balancers (ELB)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Packer

Terraform

Jenkins

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Job Description

ACTIVE TS/SCI WITH FULL SCOPE POLY REQUIRED***

Our client supports and secures some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important.

Our client creates a family environment. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. And their work depends on a Cloud Engineer joining our team to support Government activities at McLean, VA.

Role

As a Cloud Engineer supporting the customer, you will be trusted to design a cloud architecture and provide issue resolution to systems and services hosted on cloud resources. In this role, a typical day will include:

Evaluating systems and making recommendations to increase availability and efficiency.
Creating users and groups using AWS security groups and IAM
Creating and configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs), public and private subnets, auto scaling groups, and configuring Elastic load balancers (ELB)
Providing recommendations supporting migration of systems to hybrid or cloud based solutions.
Providing cloud based web and database configuration, migration and implementation of existing systems.
Gathering requirements, designing and migrating systems to the cloud.
Developing and executing cloud formation scripts and coding, managing S3 storage, and EC2 instances

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience.
Minimum of 11 years related experience.

Technical Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS security, network, compute and storage solutions
Elastic load balancers (ELB)
Cloud automation technology (such as Packer, Terraform, Puppet, Jenkins, Jira, and Github)
Multi-node clustering experience using Linux, CentOS, or other UNIX based platforms

Required Skills

Demonstrated experience creating and configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs); creating public and private subnets; creating auto scaling groups; configuring Elastic load balancers (ELB)
Creating users and groups using AWS security groups and IAM; creating and managing EC2 instances; developing and executing cloud formation scripts; creating and managing elastic bulk storage; creating and managing S3 storage; creating and managing CloudTrail logs
DevOps practices and cloud automation technology such as Packer, Terraform, puppet, Jenkins, Jira, and Github
Evaluating systems and making recommendations to increase availability and efficiency.

Desired Skills

AWS certifications, experience transitioning legacy physical or VMware workloads to Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Windows system engineering and administration
Linux system engineering and administration; enterprise Java development; Java, REST Queries and Services, SQL databases, NoSQL databases
Familiarity with IBM Domino and Lotus Notes.

Preferred Qualifications

Amazon Web Services Certification, enterprise Java development; Java, REST Queries and Services, SQL databases, NoSQL databases

What Our Client Can Offer You

Alignment to a mission-critical role that directly impacts the customer’s ability to effectively execute its mission.
Direct engagement with contractor leadership that centers upon career development/mobility, enhanced performance evaluation, and corporate information sharing & networking opportunities.
Placement on a dynamic team of talented professionals that organically fosters an environment of innovation, collaboration, and trust.

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