[Remote] Cloud Solutions Engineer - AWS

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GDIT is a global technology and professional services company delivering technology solutions and mission services to government, defense, and intelligence organizations. The Cloud Solutions Engineer will design and deploy AWS solutions for business, scientific, and high-performance computing applications, support cloud migrations, and promote DevOps automation and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product owners (researchers and software developers) to identify and design topologies for custom business and scientific applications on AWS as part of our custom platform
• Provide guidance for adhering to best practices for optimal and secure use of cloud technologies
• Assist development teams in migrating their products from on-prem infrastructure to AWS, which often requires refactoring application architecture and breaking down monolithic applications into micro-service architecture or serverless workloads
• Train product teams in AWS cloud technologies, services and frameworks to assist them in setting up the environment, build and deploy applications, and automate operational needs
• Work with other Cloud Engineers or independently to develop prototypes and enhance or expand fundamental capabilities offered on the platform, such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and containerized, serverless workloads, and high performance computing
• Participate in a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered. Your team will do the same, giving you an opportunity to understand and contribute to other ongoing initiatives
• Act as an AWS Cloud Subject Matter Expert (SME) on cross functional teams to help further the organizations mission
• Occasionally present to your team, our software developer colleagues, and researchers on DevOps best practices, new and interesting cloud technologies, and ways you approached and solved challenging technical issues during our Tech Talks webinar series

Skills

• Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloud Architectures, Cloud Migrations, Containerization, IT Automation
• 5 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: No
• Technical training, certifications, and/or degree and 5+ years of related experience required
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, to include knowledge of commonly used AWS services, such as: ECS, EC2, EBS, S3, Lambda, etc
• Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks, such as Terraform and CloudFormation, including writing templates and modules from scratch and experience with configuration management frameworks
• Knowledge of containerization and hands-on experience in containerizing software applications; experience working with container orchestration and deployment platforms such as AWS ECS and AWS EKS
• Experience with implementing and managing Ci/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or similar tools
• Experience with presenting ideas to both technical and non-technical users
• Ability to write comprehensive technical documentation
• Must be able to obtain a NIH Public Trust clearance
• This role is remote but within commuting distance to Rockville, MD is preferred
• Experience with AWS Security services and tooling such as Security Groups, CloudTrail, Config, Inspector, and IAM
• Experience with configuration management through AWS Systems Manager, Ansible, Jenkins, or similar tools
• Experience analyzing solutions components, understanding systems integration challenges, and identifying technology gaps in current components that must be resolved to reach future performance targets and functionality requirements in cloud infrastructure
• Within commuting distance to the Rockville, MD area is strongly preferred
• Experience designing and implementing technologies using micro-service technology in a Federal Scientific Health Research environment
• Experience refactoring applications into Cloud native applications
• Experience consulting scientists, researchers, and developers on how to design, migrate, and optimize their solutions on AWS services

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan with the ability to contribute both pre-tax and post-tax dollars up to IRS annual limits and receive a company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time
• Paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Paid military leave
• Paid bereavement leave
• Paid jury duty leave
• Short-term disability benefits
• Long-term disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Personal accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Business travel and accident insurance
• Remote work

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