At least an Active (or active within 24months) Public Trust Security Clearance required, can hold Secret/TS | Some travel to client sites may be required

JOB SUMMARY:

As a Cloud Engineer I (CEI) / Cloud Engineer II (CEII) you will provide engineering and transformation expertise to migrate and modernize the environment. Deploying architectures to support Working with a team to plan, assess requirements, design, and develop optimal and secure cloud-based solutions. Engineer must have exceptional problem-solving skills and have a greater understanding of the code base to identify and solve issues before an issue becomes systematic. All engineers on the team are key contributors to the overall program success providing vital services to our government customers. Engineers are expected to stay current with best practices, industry standards and advance current and existing certifications to obtain necessary approval for operating within the environment.

SUMMARY OF ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Design, provision and deploy AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch and related services) following industry best practices and organization
• Execute cloud migrations with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and application continuity across
• Implement Zero Trust architecture principles throughout infrastructure and systems to ensure security
• Configure and manage identity and access management (IAM) policies, active directory integration for role-based access
• Produce internal and customer facing documentation for the configuration and use of deployed
• Configure and manage active directory services for system, application and environment access including security and group policies within active directory.
• Implement security controls and hardening measures to meet compliance requirements and organizational security standards as implemented.
• Conduct security assessments of cloud resources and remediate identified vulnerabilities
• Monitor system and application performance metrics using CloudWatch and other observability tools to assess, provide recommendations on and take action in order to resolve performance
• Perform root cause analysis on incidents and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence
• Maintain and enhance documentation of infrastructure configurations for all
• Provide reports and actions taken necessary to work as a team and enable handoff of issues within and between
• Evaluate and make recommendations on cloud and system technologies including executing proof-of-concept and minimum viable product testing as part of program engineering
• Support application migrations into infrastructure as code and cloud native
• Provide feedback and revision to customer-based requirements when core program direction and requirements do not align
• Ability to build strong and friendly relationships with partners, stakeholders and customers to limit escalated issues.
• Experience in troubleshooting, developing and deploying containerized applications and system workloads using Docker, including building optimized Docker images, managing container lifecycles and debugging container runtime issues across environments.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• 3+ years of progressive IT experience in systems administration, networking or infrastructure engineering
• 2+ years of demonstrated Cloud Engineering experience, with a primary focus on AWS service design, deployment and
• CompTIA Security+ Certification
• AWS Associate Certification or higher

EDUCATION: Bachelors with 3+

LENGTH: 4 Months

LOCATION: Remote - Require candidate to be in the following Time Zones - HST, PST, MST, CST

CLEARANCE REQUIRMENT: At least Public Trust

DOD 8570 REQUIREMENT: IAT Level II

SALARY RANGE: $51 to $60 Per Hour

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time.
• Operate a computer, keyboard, and other office equipment using hands and fingers.
• Communicate effectively in person, over the phone, and through electronic means.
• Occasionally move about the office to access files, office equipment, and meeting spaces.
• Lift and/or move up to 15 pounds as needed.
• Maintain specific vision abilities, including close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Employees must comply with all applicable security protocols and access control procedures, including restrictions on personal electronic devices and the handling of sensitive information.