Cleared Cloud Engineer On Site

SMX is seeking creative technical problem solvers who can design and develop solutions with our clients. We are looking for a Cloud Engineer who has hands-on experience with using AWS technologies that support applications related to data analytics, data warehousing, and business intelligence. This person will be closely collaborating with other data analytics professionals to produce creative solutions that ensure cloud orchestration and automation capability is operating based on target SLAs with minimal downtime. This is a full-time position with on-site work performed at a client’s office located in Washington, D.C. with possibility for some flexibility to work remote. Active Top Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

Develop cloud formation templates to build immutable infrastructure on AWS

Able to work in an agile, cross-functional team

Develop AWS lambda functions in Python or other languages for operational or business functional purposes Evaluate, respond to, and resolve AWS service issues leveraging AWS support when needed

Drive technical innovation and efficiency in infrastructure operations via automation and orchestration Conduct capacity planning analysis and cloud budget planning

Manage the monitoring, updating, optimization, redundancy, stability of cloud systems

Manage AWS services such as IAM, EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, SNS, Cloudwatch, Redshift, RDS, Config, ECS, EKS, ALB, security groups

Work with AWS engineers on Kubernetes (EKS), ECS and Docker containers

Assist other teams with provisioning and getting appropriate access to AWS resources.

Work with the team to estimate the cost footprint of new AWS resources and services and conduct general forecasts for our AWS architecture.

Support AWS infrastructure changes during planned maintenance windows, as well as ad-hoc support for unplanned outages.

Develop system documentation for ATO

Required skills and qualifications

10 years of relevant experience

Dedication to innovative, sophisticated designs and collaborative problem-solving

Cloud monitoring tools I.e. CloudWatch, Splunk, etc.

Networking I.e. TCP/IP, DNS, etc.

Application security via encryption and SSL

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

AWS CloudFormation

AWS Architecture

AWS DevOps and Development

Top Secret Clearance

Preferred skills and qualifications

2+ years of experience with AWS

AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)

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At SMX®, we are a team of technical and domain experts dedicated to enabling your mission. From priority national security initiatives for the DoD to highly assured and compliant solutions for healthcare, we understand that digital transformation is key to your future success.

We share your vision for the future and strive to accelerate your impact on the world. We bring both cutting edge technology and an expansive view of what’s possible to every engagement. Our delivery model and unique approaches harness our deep technical and domain knowledge, providing forward-looking insights and practical solutions to power secure mission acceleration.

SMX is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, race, color, age, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or genetic information. SMX is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including disability and veterans.

Selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation.