AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Description

AWS Cloud Engineer to work on a cloud development and deployment team. The team is involved in the deployment and maintenance of multiple operational cloud deployed software solutions. A successful candidate will have experience across all AWS Environments and be able to provide analysis and recommendations for architectural and configuration updates.

Primary Responsibilities

Collaborates with teams in the design and implementation of AWS system architectures to include operational status and security of government systems (Authority To Operate - ATO).

Reviews and provides input to system requirements based on cyber security posture.

Compiles industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new designs.

Provides architectural analysis of cloud configurations and connections.

Supports the Engineering Review Board, evaluating artifacts for architectural compliance.

Provides broad-based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and applies the experience to specific AWS cloud initiatives relating to architectural design and development.

Resolves architecture implementation issues during integration and test.

Provides support directly or through team management, including triaging system outages and ticket support resolution

Advises and assists teams to deploy and configure collection services and tools with 99.9% up-time

Works with team members to move data to the appropriate data stores and monitors dashboard metrics including costs, computational utilization and other future business needs

Validates and manages government systems changes; create, run and validate end-to-end testing

Basic Qualifications

5+ years’ experience consulting, designing and implementing distributed solutions and 3+ years’ experience with cloud-based solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment, network and operating system experience

Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies

Subject Matter Expertise understanding across AWS cloud technologies including: EC2, PaaS (OpenShift), Lamdas, S3 buckets, Reserved Instances, etc.

Understanding of code baseline management

Utilization of the following: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CloudFormation, Zabbix, HPFortify, ACAS, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Kanban, Terraform

Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices

Windows Domain Administrator of user accounts and group policy objects and Linux administration

Proactive self-starter demonstrates a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.

Demonstrates ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly

Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work, follow tasks to their logical conclusion and ensure everything has been correctly satisfied to standard. Great attention to detail.

Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.

Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance with ability to obtain Poly CI

Requires BS degree and & 4+ years of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 2+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 6 years of additional experience in lieu of degree

Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with NGA cloud-based architecture

DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3)

NGA Privileged User Account (NPU)

AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Certifications

Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies

Native cloud templating services like AWS Cloud Formation

Understanding of SFA organization; Aeronautical data and mission

Experience with Aeronautical datasets

Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and projects

Experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) process of evaluating solution options

Work Schedule

M,W,F – Work from Home

Tuesday – St. Louis, MO Office and/or NGA 2nd Street.

Thursday – O’Fallon, IL Office

AS NEEDED = Customer Site NGA 2nd Street – Anticipated 2 days per week

*NOTE: Work schedule is approximate. As needed work location required based on tasking demands.

Company Description

PROTEK Consulting is a Woman-Owned Small Business led by an experienced team of industry veterans. Together, we make impeccable candidate-to-job matches delivering the right fit for our clients, every time. We work tirelessly in pursuit of the perfect match for our clients, with the ultimate goal of becoming one of their strategic business partners. We value and strive for a long-term relationship not short-term gain. We put our client’s interest in front of our own. We work really hard to understand our client’s underlying interests not just surface “wants”. We are genuinely passionate and enthusiastic about connecting our clients with the perfect match.

Full-time

Hybrid remote