EDP Cloud Systems Engineer - Washington - Creative Information Technology India

Creative Information Technology Inc (CITI) is an esteemed IT enterprise renowned for its exceptional customer service and innovation. We serve both government and commercial sectors, offering a range of solutions such as Healthcare IT, Human Services, Identity Credentialing, Cloud Computing, and Big Data Analytics. With clients in the US and abroad, we hold key contract vehicles including GSA IT Schedule 70, NIH CIO-SP3, GSA Alliant, and DHS-Eagle II.

Join us in driving growth and seizing new business opportunities.

• The Cloud Engineer is a hands‑on technical resource responsible for supporting the implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP).
• EDP is hosted on AWS Gov Cloud and provides secure, scalable cloud infrastructure supporting enterprise data, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
• This role will work closely with senior platform engineers, cloud infrastructure, security, and application teams to provision and maintain cloud infrastructure, automate repeatable platform operations, monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and support secure delivery of EDP capabilities.

• Working knowledge of core AWS services and concepts, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.
• Foundational understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and connectivity between cloud resources.
• Familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including roles, policies, permissions, and least‑privilege access concepts.
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and experience or familiarity with AWS Cloud Formation.
• Experience using source/version control systems such as Git Lab, Git Hub, or Bitbucket, with Git Lab preferred.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tooling, including automated build, test, deployment, and environment promotion processes.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring and logging concepts using services such as Cloud Watch and Cloud Trail.
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, analyze logs and system behavior, and work collaboratively with other engineering teams to resolve problems.
• Ability to learn new cloud technologies, tools, and engineering practices and apply them under guidance from senior engineers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to document technical configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting steps.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or IT-related discipline.
• Experience with the Scrum framework, Agile engineering, Lean methodologies or Dev Ops.