Senior Associate, Software Engineering (AWS Cloud)
About The Position
The SDA T2 infrastructure team leverages Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) in delivering modern solutions to support customer operations and information management services. We value a strong knowledge of software development best practices and experience delivering & deploying Cloud-ready applications and services. Seeking software engineers to join our dynamic team, focusing on operating, maintaining, and sustaining an AWS cloud operational system. Essential Functions: Monitor and implement updates from AWS and third-party suppliers Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture Implement and maintain security automation using AWS EventBridge, GuardDuty, and Inspector Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions using Keycloak Assist in migrating third-party toolchains to AWS native solutions Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for developers, administrators, and operators Ensuring consistency across the baseline (version tagging, naming schemes) Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
- Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or equivalent.
- Experience with AWS services
- Experience of networking principles and security best practices in an AWS cloud environment
- Experience with Linux environments, including scripting, configuration, and software deployment.
- Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation).
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Agile workflow tools and collaborative version‑control practices (Git, JIRA, Confluence, etc.)
- Experience with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- Experience managing licenses within cloud environments
- Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Splunk sidecar, CloudWatch, AWS Forwarder, etc.)
- Experience with iterative software development processes (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Associate
Responsibilities
- Monitor and implement updates from AWS and third-party suppliers
- Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture
- Implement and maintain security automation using AWS EventBridge, GuardDuty, and Inspector
- Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions using Keycloak
- Assist in migrating third-party toolchains to AWS native solutions
- Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for developers, administrators, and operators
- Ensuring consistency across the baseline (version tagging, naming schemes)
- Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
