Cloud Engineer (AWS)

About the role

Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced

Department: Information technology

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer (AWS) who will be responsible for supporting the development of all required documentation necessary to support the engineering, security, and operational processes for a large federal agency. The ideal candidate will possess a strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS fundamentals.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

Skills and attributes for success:

- Design solutions that ensure maximum flexibility and scalability, while meeting all required security controls.

- Support the development of all required documentation necessary to support the engineering, security, and operational processes.

- Perform business and technical alternative analysis for any/all aspects of the solution, aiding the customer is making decisions along the way.

- Facilitate the transition of the solution to operations, initially and ongoing ensuring at all times the system is operating within the anticipated operating boundaries.

- Strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS and IaaS fundamentals with experience designing and implementing solutions.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience

- At least four (4-7) years of professional IT experience performing duties in support of federal government agencies.

- 4+ years design, implementation and/or support of highly distributed applications demonstrating strong architectural skills to ensure availability, reliability, etc.

- Hands-on experience with AWS (Required) or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience

- Experience designing and delivering large-scale solutions, most of which that have advanced to the production state.

- Strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS and IaaS fundamentals with experience designing and implementing solutions. Develop cloud base solution designs and implementation plans based on customer needs

- Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations and migration methodologies for cloud migration

- Experience in Cloud computing, Networking, Storage, and Identity Management AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain certification)

Ideally, you will also have:

- Hands-on experience with AWS (required) or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience designing and delivering large-scale solutions, most of which that have advanced to the production state.