Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

SWIFT
Herndon, VA, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$60,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Bash Shell Cloud Engineering Linux DevOps Github Ansible YAML Load Balancing
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AWS Lambda Git Cloudformation Kubernetes Cloudwatch Api Gateway Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Jenkins

Job description

Swift is looking for a skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic team in Herndon, VA. The Cloud Engineer leverages DevOps expertise and will be responsible for deploying and maintaining multiple development teams’ AWS infrastructure along with utilizing CloudFormation and Ansible to automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure. They will manage all scripts and templates in GitHub utilizing git for version control, assist security with implementing security controls to ensure compliance, and actively monitor servers and infrastructure for issues while setting up and maintaining Jenkins pipelines.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of relevant DevOps experience
  • Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) and auto-scale groups with AWS EC2
  • Experience setting up alarms, dashboards, and alerts with AWS CloudWatch
  • Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3
  • Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation using YAML templates
  • Strong Linux troubleshoots skills
  • Bash scripting experience
  • Ability to set up, build, and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience using Ansible for server automation
  • Strong knowledge of git and version control for IaC in GitHub
  • Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
  • US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience:

  • Setting up API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions
  • Experience working with SQS and SNS
  • Experience with setting up and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
  • Experience with working with multiple teams
  • Experience working in an Agile work environment on two-week sprints
  • AWS Certified

Benefits & conditions

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.

About the company

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

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