Lead AWS Cloud Platform Engineer
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Reston, VA, United States
4 days ago
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$226,720.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon S3
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Identity and Access Management
Python (Programming Language)
Linux System Administration
Ansible
Shell Script
+19 more
Product Software Implementation Methods
Software Requirements Analysis
Systems Architecture
Scripting
Cloud Platform System
Istio
System Availability
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Cloudformation
Amazon Relational Database Service
Containerization
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Functional Programming
Cloudwatch
Terraform
AWS EKS
Docker
Microservices
Job description
- Define, design, and develop system requirements for cloud platform solutions on AWS.
- Perform trade-off analysis of performance, lifecycle cost, risk, and producibility to optimize system architecture.
- Assess hardware limitations, define system specifications, and evaluate input/output processes for hardware/software compatibility.
- Coordinate the design of subsystems and the integration of the total system.
- Implement and maintain AWS cloud services including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch, and EKS.
- Develop automation solutions using Terraform, Ansible, and Python to provision infrastructure policies as code.
- Support system troubleshooting, upgrades, and system tuning to ensure high availability and performance.
- Mentor junior and senior team members to foster technical growth and knowledge transfer.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions.
- Engage in system security practices including implementing AWS security guardrails and best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of IT experience, with at least 5 years in AWS Cloud Platform engineering and administration.
- 8+ years proven success overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software systems and applications.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.
- Extensive experience in automating cloud infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and CDK.
- Demonstrated expertise in scripting with Python and shell scripting in Linux environments.
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS/ECS).
- A minimum of one AWS certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) required.
- Knowledge of cloud-native architecture, microservices, service mesh, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills to interact effectively with stakeholders.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments preferred.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex system issues and provide innovative solutions.
About the company
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
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