AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Ready to ignite your career and work alongside some of the most innovative and brightest professionals in the GovCon Industry? Join us and unleash your potential! As an AWS Cloud Engineer / Architect , you will design, upgrade, and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS. If you have a passion for modernizing applications, supporting mission-critical platforms, and driving innovation in the cloud, this is a great opportunity to make an impact.

Role and Responsibilities (include but are not limited to) :

• Evaluate and select appropriate AWS services based on project requirements.
• Design and implement integration strategies and data flow architectures for cloud-based systems.
• Upgrade and maintain AWS components , including regular EKS version upgrades and cluster patching.
• Support and manage Kafka topics within the solution environment.
• Develop and maintain Terraform scripts to automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management across multiple environments (Dev, QA, Stage, Prod).
• Configure and deploy AWS compute, networking, and storage resources (EC2, VPC, S3, EBS, EFS, RDS, etc.).
• Deploy and manage containerized environments using Kubernetes and Amazon EKS .
• Migrate applications and data from legacy systems to AWS; implement ETL processes and optimize data pipelines for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Implement AWS security best practices, including IAM roles / policies, encryption, security groups, and VPC configurations.
• Conduct security audits and assessments to ensure compliance with FedRAMP, FISMA, and federal security standards .
• Monitor AWS resources and applications using CloudWatch, Datadog, or equivalent monitoring tools for performance and availability.
• Troubleshoot integration, networking, and cloud infrastructure issues.
• Provide ongoing operational support for AWS infrastructure and production environments.
• Collaborate with SME’s, developers, security teams, and program stakeholders to ensure resilient, secure, and compliant cloud services.
• Document infrastructure designs, upgrade processes, runbooks, and best practices for knowledge transfer.

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