Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Overview

REI Systems' mission is to deliver innovative technology solutions for Federal Clients. The foundation of our success is an unwavering determination to surpass our client's expectations.

We offer this same commitment to our employees by providing professional development, projects that are impactful and meaningful, and the flexibility to spend time with family and friends. We believe our employees are at their best when they are fulfilled in both their professional careers and their lives outside of work. Learn more at REIsystems.com.

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If you are solution oriented and thrive in a fast paced, agile environment then come work for a company that was named a Washington Post Best Place to Work for 5 out of the last 6 years.

"REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minority/Female/Disability/Vet). In our workplace, we seek, we welcome, and respect diversity in all of its forms."

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Responsibilities

Working with agencies to gain insights into cloud options and, reviewing agency cloud strategic plans• Coordinating with various stakeholders to ensure agencies have access to Federal acquisition tools and services pertaining to cloud procurement, migration, and optimization• Design, configure, manage, and monitor applications in the AWS• Design and implement DevSecOps solutions that leverage AWS and internal products/service capabilities to meet customer's most critical requirements• Design, create and maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines for use by large developer community base• Operate and manage Linux servers including Amazon server and storage deployments including release process, backup and restore, HA/DR• Configure, monitor and manage local area network devices/services in the AWS, including load balancer, firewalls and subnetting• Experience managing data intensive applications in a high profile, mission critical environment• Good knowledge of monitoring tools and especially around AWS Cloud monitoring• Take ownership of system problems and follow up on the status of problems on behalf of the user and communicate progress in a timely manner• Automate/script manual tasks to improve efficiency and reduce human errors• Patch and update OS, Middleware and Applications• Create and maintain documentation• Actively research and incorporate the newest innovations and principals where there is value and/or efficiencies for using these technologies • Automate and maintain systems using virtualization and containerization• Participate in creating long-term and short-term strategies for scaling the production environment. • Adhere to a comprehensive incident management program including problem management. Generate KPIs for service availability, uptime, and adherence to SOPs, and SLAs.

Other Job duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

Experience with Federal agency cloud strategy and implementation• 7+ years' experience with Linux server administration and Amazon Web Services (EC2, ECS, Fargate, S3, etc.) • Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines• Expert scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python) • Technical knowledge of monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, AppDynamics• Experience with Docker, Vagrant, Ansible, Chef, Puppet• Experience with cloud orchestration tools (Kubernetes, OpenShift)• Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion)• Experience with Databases such as Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL• Keen communication and teamwork abilities

Required Skills: • Understanding of business, technical, AWS cloud infrastructure and information architecture• Must be able to communicate, verbally and in writing, complex technical ideas to customer stakeholders• Ability to keep abreast with the evolving tools and technology• Excellent problem-solving skills• Good interpersonal skills and ability to lead and influence technical people

Educational Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent

• Cloud trainings or certifications from major providers such as AWS and Azure.

• Agile engineering principles, Scrum agile trainings or certifications

Certification: AWS Solutions Architect is required

Clearance: able to obtain FDA Public Trust clearance.

Location: Position is currently remote but post-pandemic may require travel to the customer's Sterling, VA offices

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