AWS Cloud Migration Engineer

Peraton Inc
Reston, VA, United States
26 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
0 years minimum
Compensation
$86,000.0 - $138,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Adobe Analytics Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Cloud Computing Computer Networks Continuous Integration Customer Data Management DevOps Amazon DynamoDB File Transfer
+23 more
IBM WebSphere MQ Python (Programming Language) Performance Tuning Scrum Methodology Cloud Services Ansible Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Data Streaming Systems Integration Scripting Transport Layer Security File Transfer Protocol (FTP) State Machines Firewalls (Computer Science) Gitlab Cloudformation Amazon Relational Database Service Information Technology Functional Programming Cloudwatch Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform Software Version Control

Job description

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Migration Engineer to be a part of a team supporting a federal financial customer. The successful candidate will help migrate critical customer data flows in a secure, agile, and innovative AWS environment leveraging GitLab for CI/CD and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

What will you do: Lead the planning and execution of migrating and maintaining large complex data flows to modern cloud environments, specifically leveraging AWS cloud technologies.

  • Support and enhance COTS products providing file transfer and MQ services (e.g., IBM MQ, Connect:Direct), integrating them into modern AWS architecture.
  • Write clean, maintainable infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and cloud service logic using tools such as Python, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation or CDK.
  • Develop and support infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and DevOps principles.
  • Perform troubleshooting, performance tuning, and documentation of AWS environments and deployed solutions.
  • Coordinate closely with stakeholders across teams to manage integration and interface requirements, ensuring clear communication and alignment with overall business objectives.

Requirements

  • 7 years with AS/AA; 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhDor 9 years of experience and a High School Diploma.
  • Experience supporting or integrating message file transfer tools using Axway Secure Transport SFTP/HTTPS
  • Experience with GitLab for source control and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience implementing monitoring and logging solutions in the cloud such as: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, TEOS.
  • Experience with scripting (Shell, Python, or similar) for configurations and deployments.
  • Proficiency automating service tool deployments, such as Lambda, EC2, EKS.
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems.
  • Knowledge of networking concepts (firewalls, ports, TLS/SSL, certificates)
  • Experience communicating with business users and stakeholders.
  • Must be a US Citizen.
  • Must be able to obtain/maintain the required agency clearance., * Strong background in AWS cloud engineering and development, including experience with services such as: EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Lambda, Step Functions, SNS, SQS, EKS/ECS, Secrets Manager, Key Vaults.
  • Familiarity with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and participation in Agile delivery teams (e.g., Scrum, SAFe).
  • Understanding compliance and security best practices in federal financial cloud environments.

About the company

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure. Target Salary Range

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