AWS Cloud Engineer

Steampunk•McLean, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Cloud Engineer, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation. Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth.

Requirements

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
Bachelor's degree
3+ years of experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
3+ years of experience with cloud platforms
Hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud solutions in AWS
3+ years of experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
3+ years of experience with systems development in an Agile environment
3+ years of experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
3+ years of experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
Must hold one of the following active AWS Associate-level certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, AWS Certified Developer - Associate, AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate

Nice To Haves

Located in the Washington, DC metro area and willing to come to the Bethesda, MD site at least once a month
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics

Responsibilities

Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer
Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems
Understand the needs of stakeholders and convey this to developers
Automate and improve configuration, provisioning, deployment, and release processes
Test and examine code written by others and analyze results
Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and ‘fixes’
Work with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing
Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with organizational security policies and best practices
Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations
Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members