Senior DevOps Engineer with AWS

Govcio LLC

136d • $124,540 - $155,000

About The Position

GovCIO is currently hiring for Senior Engineer with DevSecOps experience to provide development, support, architecture, and leadership for a government application being moved into the AWS cloud. This position will be located in Alexandria Virginia and will be a fully remote position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience in solutions design and engineering.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services or similar cloud platform.
• Build and configure delivery environments supporting CD/CI tools such as Gitlab Pipeline Runner and Gitlab using an Agile delivery methodology.
• Experience with systems reliability, load balancing, monitoring, logging.
• Experience with fully automating CI/CD pipelines end-to-end, from code commits to production.
• Develop, document, and implement CI/CD strategy for management of Infrastructure as Code IaC baseline.
• Solid experience in installing, configuring and troubleshooting UNIX/Linux based environments.
• Strong automation development skills. Needs to be proficient in Terraform and one or more automation languages (i.e. Ansible, Cloud Formations, Chef, Puppet, Terraform).
• Deep understanding of cloud component architecture: Microservices, Containers, IaaS, Storage, Security.
• Knowledge of routing/switching technologies.
• Detailed understanding of cloud automation and orchestration approaches and tools.
• 8+ years relevant experience of end-to-end Cloud Migration and transformation and solutions design and engineering.
• Ability to provide solution to a project from conception through design and implementation.
• Experience in multi-tier traditional application architectures and in service decomposition and micro services.
• AWS Associate/Professional certification.
• Good oral and written English skills.
• Expert coding proficiency.
• Excellent knowledge of AWS tools.
• The ability to conduct testing at different levels and stages of the project.
• Knowledge of scripting languages.
• Experience with DevOps.
• Knowledge of optimization, automation, integration and productivity tools.
• Knowledge of relevant libraries and security protocols.

Nice To Haves

• Clearance preferred.
• Database Administration Skills.
• Architecture Design Experience.

Responsibilities

• Builds and codes applications and/or modules using languages and environments such as Java, Angular, AWS.
• Provides patches and upgrades to existing systems.
• Involved in planning of system and development deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards.
• May design graphical user interface (GUI) to meet the specific needs of users.
• Prepares operating instructions, compiles documentation of program development, and analyzes system capabilities to resolve questions of program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls.
• May build add-on modules using application program language.
• Participate in all aspects of the software development lifecycle for AWS solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance.
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures.
• Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training when necessary.
• Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills, with an ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity.
• Create blueprints for hybrid cloud infrastructures centered around AWS (network, server, storage, security, and management software topologies).
• Run technical workshops and advise customers on architectural and strategic IT decisions.
• Ensure that a quality solution is delivered in a timely manner, within budget, and to our client's satisfaction.
• Participate in architecture definition for Cloud Initiatives utilizing industry best practices and technologies.
• Provide solutions incorporating cloud engineering best practices.
• Develop technical content like white papers.
• Planning of the project together with other developers.
• Development of the application structure for cloud solutions.
• Creating a cloud product.
• Debugging.
• Carrying out disaster recovery.
• Setting up blue-green environment.
• Applying development optimization tools.
• Automation of work processes, such as deployment.
• Bug detection and fixing.
• Creation of various product features.
• Identifying the best cloud tech stack for the project.
• Implementing modifications and updates after the release.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Corporate Discounts
• Learning & Development platform, to include certification preparation content
• Training, Education and Certification Assistance
• Referral Bonus Program
• Internal Mobility Program
• Pet Insurance
• Flexible Work Environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees