Job Description

Job Position: Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Type: W2/C2C

Location: Hyattsville, MD (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 months contract to hire

Main Requirements:

-Local and able to do 2 days per week onsite in Hyattsville, MD

-10 years of overall experience

-hands on experience with migrations

-Past experience developing code with terraform

-Need experience with open source databases like MySQL and Postgres

-Need AWS Solutions Architect Certification

Must Have: AWS, PostgreSQL, My SQL, CLI/Terraform, Cloud watch, AWS monitoring, Office 365 suite, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online and Power apps

Nice to Have: Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Power Shell, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft PowerBI, and VMware.

Job Description:

Currently, we are seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team. We're in search of a candidate with a growth mindset aligned to business objectives and great communication skills to strategically develop maturing cloud operations. Security hardening and fortification will be a top priority that should be the cornerstone of future standards, intended to reduce risk and drive a positive corporate reputation for our customers. This will enable us to ensure optimized spend and waste reduction in the cloud and align with our security-first approach.

What We're Looking For:

· Someone with BA/BS degree in computer science and 10 years of proven work experience in the cloud technologies with the focus on AWS & Azure, including understanding of SAAS, PAAS, and IAAS models; AWS Control Tower

· Solid experience with open-source platforms MySQL and Postgres.

· AWS Solutions Architect certified

· In Depth Working knowledge of common scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, bash, Ruby, etc)

· Experienced in designing and implementing high availability and disaster recovery solutions, ITSM processes (i.e. Change Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, and Configuration Management).

· Excellent knowledge in current computing trends and technologies

· Excellent knowledge in current computing trends and technologies including AWS CLI (Command line interface) or terraform for automating administrative tasks

· Driving technical design and validation, while ensuring implementation aligns with our technical strategies and strategic business goals

· Can develop, enhance and maintain established enterprise cloud governance standards with an emphasis on security fortification

· Partnering with the Security, App Management and App Engineering to continually review and understand new industry security threats in the cloud

· Drive transparency across the enterprise through regular collaboration with cloud stakeholders & senior leadership

· Keep a finger on the pulse of cloud technology through an investment of time in the areas of professional development

· Monitor cloud activity, design, and migrate applications, plan courses of action, and define computer loads

· Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.