Cloud Engineer - AWS

USA Info Tech is seeking a Cloud Engineer to be part of our Dev Ops team supporting a multi-year CMS contract. The Cloud Engineer will work under the supervision of the Dev Ops Manager, and he will be a key member of the Operations team working in an Agile, Safe, and Dev Sec Ops  culture.

The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure the stability and reliability of operations in the cloud by monitoring and automating the AWS infrastructure for the application.

• Design, develop, implement, and configure cloud environments and tools.
• Ensure the stability and reliability of operations in cloud
• Implement AWS services to improve security posture
• Implement security controls and security features to support and address cybersecurity challenges
• Implements monitoring best practices to take proactive steps and troubleshoot production problems.
• Configuration and Automation of broad range of AWS services
• Development and enhancement of Cloud Formations and Terraform scripts for the AWS infrastructure
• As part of a team, execute implementation plans in the AWS environment for a variety of initiatives ranging from load-balanced EC2 scaling groups to Lambda functions
• Perform any required on-premises to cloud migration activities
• Provide technical support on the AWS environment
• Document aspects of the AWS environment
• Manage AWS resources and native cloud services and products
• Maintain the continuity of operations with 100% up time
• Participate in all phases of Agile methodology (planning, grooming, coding sprint items).
• The Cloud Engineers provide 24x7 on-call support along with the other members of the kanban team

• Experience with core AWS platform architecture, including areas such as:
  Organizations, Account Design, VPC, Subnet, segmentation strategies
• Experience in monitoring the operations and security of EC2, container and AWS services
• Familiarity with executing Stacks, Stack Sets, Cloud Formation scripts, etc.;
  Familiarity with network connectivity, AWS Direct Connect and AWS Site-to-Site VPNs
• Familiarity with encryption specifically AWS KMS
• Familiarity with logging with Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, etc.
• Ability to execute implementation plans in the AWS environment for a variety of initiatives ranging from load-balanced EC2 scaling groups to Lambda functions
• 5-6 years of working experience on Load Balancing Technologies (emphasis on F5, others might be an added advantage)
• Ability to manage AWS resources and native cloud services and products.
• Maintain the continuity of operations with 100% up time
• Experience working within a Continuous Integration environment using Docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with Git, Git Hub, Bit Bucket versioning systems.
• Self-directed and self-motivated with the ability to take charge or play a supporting role.
• Clear written and verbal communications skills.
• Ability to Monitor and manage system resources and application performance
• This individual should have worked with several monitoring tools such as, New relic, Kibana, Elasticsearch, etc.
• This individual should have worked with several building tools such as, Maven, Gradle, ANT, Grunt etc.

• 4+ years of Application Development /Maintenance and/or Application Administration
• 2 to 4 years of experience maintaining the AWS infrastructure
• 2 to 3 years of experience with Dev Ops tools.
• 2 to 3 years of experience with supporting applications on AWS.
• Experience working on an Agile Project
• Experience working in large projects interacting with several teams within the project
• Bachelors degree in Technical field

• AWS certifications

• USA Residency requirement - you must be living in US for the 3 of past 5 years.

USA Info Tech is an Affimative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws.

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