Anticipated Start/End Date: August 1st to 8/31/2025, with possibility to extend additional years.
On-Site Work
Overview
DFA is migrating the Arkansas Integrate Revenue System Tax (AIRS Tax) and Driver Services/Motor Vehicle (AIRS DSMV) COTS systems from the current on premise data center to the AWS Cloud environment.
The DFA AWS Cloud Solutions Engineer is responsible for analyzing user requirements and procedures to migrate, modify, and support existing systems, and review system-wide capabilities and workflows to efficiently manage and secure these very large systems for the AIRS Service Center.
Roles and Responsibilities
• Provide primary operational support and engineering for the public cloud platform, and debug and optimize systems and automate routine tasks.
• Plan, design, and implementation of workload migrations from on premises to AWS Cloud.
• Configure, monitor and assist with the maintenance and support of the infrastructure environment within the AWS environment.
• Configure, tune, and maintain AWS services like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Systems Manager, Network Firewall, WAF, Security Group, Tagging, Network ACL's and Routing Tables.
• Setup and maintain Gateway Load Balancer and Internet Gateway.
• Setup and maintain VPC's in different Availability Zones, including WFCS and SQL installations and HAG.
• Setup and maintain backup solutions using AWS native services. This includes EC2 instances, FSX Servers, various S3 storage types, AMI, and Infrastructure as Code Scripts like Cloud Formation and Terraform.
• Configure, automate, and monitor AWS CloudWatch alarms and notifications for system(s) health checks.
• Design, develop and maintain Executive Level dashboards for system(s) utilization, health, and cost.
• Setup and maintain security using tools like AWS Guard, AWS OU, IAM, CrowdStrike, and Tenable.
• Environment hardening to meet compliance requirements and configuration rules for Pub 1075, PII, and NIST frameworks.
• Collaborate with other IT resources and vendors to resolve application and/or infrastructure related issues to the existing AWS environment.
• Maintain technical documentation of the existing AWS environment related to storage, backups, & patching.
• Participate in the selection of new technologies while maintaining departmental information technology and security standards.
• Effectively communicate with Management, co-workers, AMS, and business partners.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
SkillRequired / DesiredAmountof ExperienceHands-on experience migrating/implementing significant applications on AWS Cloud platformsRequired4YearsAWS web environment design and build experience, which includes AWS services like EC2, ELB, Systems Manager, FSX, SES, SNS and S3Required4YearsExperience using AWS security solutions such as WAF, Network Firewall, Security Group, Tagging, Network ACL's, Routing Tables, Gateway Load BalancerRequired4YearsExperience using Internet Gateway, AWS Guard, SecurityHub and GuardDutyRequired4YearsExperience with high volume, mission critical applications and their interdependencies with other applications and databasesRequired4YearsInfrastructure to Code scripting using Cloud Formation, or other languages, and AMIRequired4YearsMonitoring, maintenance, and support of the infrastructure within AWS environmentsRequired4YearsExperience using monitoring solutions like CloudWatch and CloudTrailRequired2YearsExperience configuring CrowdStrike and TenableRequired2YearsExperience and knowledge of AWS network-level logging configuration and managementRequired4YearsConfiguration and maintenance of AWS dashboardsRequired4YearsExperience with all facets of IT including Networking, DB Systems, Security, DevOps, Backup, DR and modern development methodologiesRequired4YearsExperience designing and implementing common shared services across enterprise applicationsRequired4YearsStrong analytical skills and ability to resolve complex business/IT problemsRequired4YearsMicrosoft Windows Server System Administrator experienceRequiredGenTax architecture and application maintenance experienceDesiredFamiliarity with industry security standards and best practices (PUB1075, FIPS, CIS, NIST, PII)Highly desiredStrong communication skills, both oral and writtenHighly desiredAvailability to provide 24 hour supportHighly desiredExperience using Incident Management software solutions like JiraHighly desiredAWS Solutions Architect certificationHighly desired