CloudOps Engineer

Personnel Decisions Research Institutes LLC•Chantilly, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

PDRI’s IT Services Division is seeking a talented, motivated Cloud Operations Engineer to join our IT Services department. This individual will be responsible for designing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining secure cloud solutions in AWS. Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in the IT field. Requires advanced knowledge of AWS and Linux administration.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of experience with system administration of RPM-based Linux distributions (Amazon Linux, RHEL, CentOS, etc.)
3+ years of automation experience with AWS cloud services (VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, etc)
Experience with fully automated infrastructure, system, and application deployment with technologies like CloudFormation or Terraform
Experience with shell scripting
Experience with government and industry security standards (CIS, STIG, or NIST 800-53) and remediating issues identified during security audits
Experience with version control and CI/CD pipeline tools
Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

Nice To Haves

Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, DevOps Engineer – Professional, or Security – Specialty
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with Ansible
Experience with SELinux

Responsibilities

Configuration as code for infrastructure, system configuration, and application deployments
Design and deploy cloud solutions on AWS
Automate operations and maintenance activities
Review security scan reports and address findings
Apply patches, upgrades, and application deployments
Monitor application availability and aide in resolving operational issues
Other duties as assigned