AWS Cloud Architect & Administrator

Job Description:

Day-To-Day Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the implementation of technical services support solutions.

• Support development, test, and production environments in AWS and on-premises for enterprise-scale applications.

• Support development activities for multiple enterprise-level custom application development groups.

• Participate in day-to-day change, release, incident, and problem management activities.

• Evaluate modern technology solutions and develop cloud/hardware/software recommendations.

• Develop and check standards and best practices for the allocation and use of computing resources.

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS environments using AWS services such as:

• AWS Organizations, IAM Identity Center, Route53, Security Hub, Systems Manager, Control Tower, AWS Directory Service, etc.

• Implement and manage infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar tools.

• Develop and keep AWS security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), network security, and data encryption.

• Monitor and perfect AWS systems for performance, cost, and security using tools such as AWS CloudWatch, AWS Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, etc.

• Develop and keep AWS disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

• Troubleshoot issues and provide technical support for AWS and AWS-related on-premises systems and services.

Required Skills:

• US Citizenship or a Green Card holder is needed per contract and must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, MIS, or related field or equivalent experience.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification or equivalent experience

• Excellent presentation, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to meet at all levels of government personnel.

• Ten+ years of experience in the development, testing, implementation, and support of enterprise-level computer solutions.

• Five+ years of UNIX/Linux sysadmin experience supporting medium to large development, test, and production environments.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple work efforts.

• Knowledge and experience with the Linux OS, kernel, patching, and software management.

• Experience with enterprise-scale design, load-testing, ability planning, and ensuring SLAs are met.

• Working knowledge of networking services such as NFS, DNS, LDAP, NTP, etc.

• Experience scripting in bash, ksh, awk, Perl, Python, etc.

• Experience developing and implementing process improvements and automated solutions.

• Experience with system design, implementation, and support of universally available custom applications.

Desired Skills:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification.

• Experience with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).

• Experience with Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat, Java/Spring, and Adobe ColdFusion.

• Experience with Esri ArcGIS Enterprise products/technologies.

• Experience with HA, virtualization, and cloud/elastic solutions.

• Experience with stress testing and performance metrics collection and analysis.

• Experience with NetScaler or other load-balancing appliances.

• Experience with large-scale project management processes and tools.

• Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform experience.

• UNIX as a plus, with a primary focus on AWS.