Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Description

Armedia is a CMMI-DEV Level 3 appraised and ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001 certified systems integrator providing Business Process, Document, Enterprise Content, Electronic Case, and Records Management services and solutions to government agencies (US Federal, state, county, municipal, foreign) and corporations (US and international), ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Armedia is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support cloud initiatives for a federal client. The role of a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer involves working as part of a team on designing and implementing cloud-based technologies using traditional SDLC and Agile software development methodologies

Your responsibilities include:

• Deploying and configuring cloud platform and automation templates
• Implementing network and edge firewall configurations
• Maintaining and patching cloud systems to meet compliance standards
• Ensuring appropriate monitoring configurations are in place and take ownership of incident management.

Required Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of Linux based systems including Hardware, software, networking, and storage
• Experience building and maintaining AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, Security Groups, IAM, ECS, Code Deploy, CloudFront, S3)
• Experience architecting cloud infrastructures on AWS for small, medium enterprise level applications.
• Experience with configuring networking and security configurations including security groups, ACL's and Gateways.
• Experience in cloud adoption, including application readiness assessment, server builds, data migration and performance tuning in cloud environments.
• Experience in automating the server configurations to include standard build installations and system security hardening.

Desired Skills:

• Provisioning and administration of solutions on AWS using CloudFormation and or other cloud provisioning tools to deploy fully functional VPCs consisting of Windows and Linux AMIs.
• Solid foundation of Linux administration
• Strong working knowledge of AWS CLI, AWS-Shell for automating provisioning, deployment, and administrative tasks.
• Provide comprehensive system administration support functions on AWS infrastructure.
• Maintain a highly available Production infrastructure in cloud

Required Years of Relevant Experience:

• 5 years of professional IT experience. (Mid-level)

Required Education:

• Bachelor of Science

Desired Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Management Information Systems or related field

Required (Minimum) Professional Certifications:

• AWS Certification (At least one: Associate, DevOps, SysOps Administrator, Solution Architect)

Desired (Optimum) Professional Certifications:

• AWS SysOps Certification

Armedia offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, discounted disability insurance, a 401k retirement plan with company match, generous PTO, and paid holidays.

Armedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee for employment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.