AWS Engineer

Description

Must Haves:

5+ years of experience supporting and implementing enterprise-class solutions operating in a 24/7 environment.
AWS experience (Build, Deploy, Design, Document) within an Enterprise Level Environment
DevOps Experience (Automation using Python)
Tools: Jenkins, Kubernetes, Python, GitHub, PowerShell, Bash
Containerization using Kubernetes
Will be utilizing ELK stack to search, log, and optimize
Ci/CD pipeline build experience (Python)
Cost tracking experience within AWS to ensure this cloud technology will be most cost effective over competitors
Experience migrating Mass Data to AWS Cloud and automating that process
Existing Environment is Mainframe, OracleDB, Solaris
Strong understanding of Application Deployments in a Cloud Environment in order to automate the migration of applications
Deep understanding of Cloud Security concepts (Encryption, A&A, Firewall implementation)
Intermediate Knowledge in Amazon Web Services components including EC2, Elastic Map Reduce, S3, EBS, Cloudtrail


Plusses:

Certifications within the Cloud industry (VCP, AWS, GCP or Azure) certifications
IT Certs (ITIL, RHCE and CCNA)
Additional experience with other major cloud providers including Google Cloud Platform and Azure
Experience with Third Party Cloud Automation, Platform Management and Cost management tools


Day to Day

An employer is looking for an AWS Cloud Engineer to sit in Windsor Mill, MD in support of a large government healthcare contract. This individual will be joining a team of 8 engineers responsible for the design and build out of a new cloud environment. Major responsibilities include:

Perform an audit of a VMware environment in order to quickly find configuration settings that are not optimal.
Understand client/stakeholder needs and create a coherent technology vision to meet/exceed their respective expectations.
Proven track record to build new public, private and hybrid cloud compute and storage infrastructure from POC to launch and provide ongoing maintenance
Develop and propose Managed Hosting standards and best practices for processes, procedures, and technical standards.