Hybrid AWS Cloud O&M Engineer - 24/7 Mission Support

Leidos; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 87.100 - 157.450; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Leidos is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Cloud Engineer to support the CBP TPVS program in Ashburn, Virginia. This hybrid role requires on-site presence at regular intervals and entails providing 24x7x365 support for AWS applications, handling triage, troubleshooting, and escalation.

You will work with application teams to identify and remediate production issues, monitor systems with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and Splunk, and help define best practices for maintenance, recovery, and

Qualifikationen

• BS/BA degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters' degree with a minimum of 6 years of previous relevant experience; or 4 years of experience in lieu of degree
• 8 or more years of experience in supporting application cloud solutions on AWS platform.
• Experience in supporting 24x7x365 operations.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow.
• U.S. Citizen
• Must currently have DHS Full Background investigation OR previously held DHS Full Background investigation within the last 2 years
• Understanding of and experience with field operations, SLAs, and on‑call support.
• Experience in at least two of the following areas: PostgreSQL database architecture, advanced analytics, micro‑services, monitoring, and SecDevOps.
• Working knowledge of supporting applications in AWS.
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, dbas, and subject‑matter experts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid troubleshooting techniques to find root causes and apply workarounds.
• Organization skills and attention to detail.

Aufgaben

• You will serve as the initial point of contact for IT‑related field and application production problems. In this capacity, you will provide phone and online support to users, performing technical triage, troubleshooting, resolving issues, and following escalation protocols as necessary.
• Work in tandem with our application teams to identify, triage, troubleshoot, and remediate application production issues.
• Working knowledge of monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, X‑Ray, Splunk) to ensure system and application availability and performance.
• Define and document the best practices and strategies regarding application maintenance and recovery protocols.
• Practical knowledge of DevSecOps principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Solid Understanding of networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, VPNs, and firewalls.
• Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to others to build their cloud competencies and share knowledge.
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards, and ensuring SLAs are attainable.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of applications in the AWS environment following the government security guidelines.
• At the direction of the O&M team leader, develop and implement technical efforts to maintain AWS applications, including supporting after‑hours and weekend calls to remediate production issues.
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures.
• Educate teammates on the implementation of new cloud‑based initiatives, providing associated training when necessary.
• Demonstrate exceptional application problem‑solving skills, with an ability to see and solve issues before they affect field operations.
• Document and communicate degradation of services or outage issues information to customers and help with resolution.
• Ensure your assigned tickets stay within the program’s SLO commitments.
• Document procedures, configurations, and troubleshooting steps to enhance knowledge sharing.

Kenntnisse

AWS Cloud

DevSecOps

Troubleshooting

Networking

Communication

On-call Support

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Jobbeschreibung

Leidos is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Cloud Engineer to support the CBP TPVS program in Ashburn, Virginia. This hybrid role requires on-site presence at regular intervals and entails providing 24x7x365 support for AWS applications, handling triage, troubleshooting, and escalation.

You will work with application teams to identify and remediate production issues, monitor systems with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and Splunk, and help define best practices for maintenance, recovery, and