AWS Architect / Engineer

About the job
Job Title: AWS Architect / Engineer

Location: Baltimore, MD (Hybrid with 2 days onsite in a Week)

Duration: Long Term

Selected candidate must

Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of Client in Woodlawn, MD

Description Of Work

Systems Admin supporting Middleware, Enterprise Applications, managing complex systems/projects, workflow,
technical knowledge of AWS platform and applications in AWS IaaS, PaaS, SaaS environments, understanding Network
functions/team collaboration.
Provide engineering and operations support for the AWS CCaaS platform.
Analyze application and platform and translate functional requirements into technical solutions.
Provide recommendations to solve technical business problems and identify opportunities and risks.
Provide cloud architectural, platform optimization consulting expertise to technical leads, cloud engineers, and other
systems architects.
Document and review IT cloud architecture/infrastructure, and technology portfolio.
Provide recommendations and implementation of cloud technology standards policies and standards.
Attend all customer technical discussions/design/development meetings and provide technical inputs to further
enhance the code quality/process.
Impact functional strategy by developing new solutions, processes, standards, or operational plans that position
customer competitively in the marketplace with best practices.
All other duties as assigned or directed.

Basic Qualifications: Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
Master's or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience.
7+ years of experience in Ansible, Kubernetes, Containers, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence and CloudFormation
7+ years in AWS Cloud Services such as VPC, EC2, EKS, ECR, EFS, EBS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, SQS, Elastic Load
Balancing, Auto Scaling, Route 53, Cloud Watch and IAM.
5+ years of experience practicing AWS Cloud Computing, DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure Automation, Configuration
Management, and Quality Engineering Expertise.
Proficiency with integrating AWS applications with inhouse systems e.g., CRM, ServiceNow
Contact center migration experience from legacy systems to cloud hosted capabilities.
Experience working in Agile Practices (e.g. SAFE, Scrum)
Strong understanding of cloud computing architecture and design principles.
Experience with infrastructure as code, automation, and deployment strategies.
Experience with deploying and managing cloud-based solutions in production.
Solid AWS Services Experience: Connect, EC2, Cloud Formation, VPC, ELB, AWS Security, S3, RDS, EBS, ECS.
Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools for automation (Ansible).
Hands-on experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby or PowerShell).
Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Splunk).
Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications: Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience working in a team environment.
Hands-on and architectural experience with modern Cloud Native architectures.
Delivery (CI/CD) best practices and use of DevOps to accelerate quality releases to Production.
Design and build high-quality, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions on the AWS platform.
Experience working in a PaaS/SaaS environments, Agile practices and service-oriented environments.
Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment.
Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities.
Adept at working independently, but also in a team environment.
Demonstrated experience delivering technology solutions in a fast-paced, deadline driven enterprise environment.
Excellent understanding of change management, testing requirements, techniques, and tools to ensure high availability of systems.

Prior Federal government experience