AWS Cloud Engineer

AWS Cloud Engineer – Latitude IT Solutions | SDVOSB

Who We Are: Latitude is a growing Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB) Company within the Federal Sector. We have experience working with various federal clients across multiple agencies. We believe in adopting a remote work‑from‑home culture wherever possible to ensure a healthy work‑to‑life balance. We automate the mundane and invest in our employees, helping them grow their careers over time. We strive for innovation and develop solutions that we can take pride in and help break barriers in technology and the government sectors today.

• Support our VA clients in their Cloud Operations to enhance, optimize, and maintain their computing capabilities across their technical landscape.
• Work with VA System Administrators while supporting application teams.
• Collaborate with project teams to operate and maintain (O&M) VA applications on AWS Gov Cloud.
• Utilize automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation, or similar.
• Assist with upgrading, installing, and configuring monitoring solutions for AWS or Azure on Windows or Linux servers.
• Create and maintain gold images/scripts.
• Assist with reporting on current infrastructure status.
• Document each application’s production operations processes via a production operations manual (POM).

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or 10+ years equivalent technical experience.
• 6+ years setting up, configuring, and using AWS cloud operational tools to ensure service level agreements and performance targets are met, with continued compliance with policies, standards, and guidelines.
• Experience with monitoring OS/application-level metrics and related visualizations.
• 4+ years of experience in Bash shell, Power Shell, as well as Java or Python.
• Strong analytical skills with a logical mindset and problem‑solving approach.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and written, with various audiences.
• Proven ability to work remotely.

• AWS Solution Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator – Associate
• AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer – Professional
• ITIL certification or ITIL knowledge
• Department of Veterans Affairs experience
• Public Trust Clearance

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet requirements for access to protected and/or classified information.

• Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and have physically resided in the United States for a minimum of three years due to background investigation requirements.

• Medical, Vision, Dental
• Paid Vacation & Sick Time
• Paid Federal Holidays
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with 100% Company Matching
• Employer‑paid Life Insurance
• Continued Education Assistance Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commuter Benefits Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Caregiver Support Program
• Adoption Assistance Program

Mid–Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting

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