Start Date: Immediate

At TalentWerx, we are focused on partnering with America’s top companies to acquire new talent with speed, accuracy, and a differentiated pricing model. We pride ourselves in acquiring top talent to ensure our clients’ competitive advantage.

Our client is a Woman-Owned business that strives to meet and exceed customer expectations at every interaction and to become a dependable teammate of choice to our partner contractors. They aim to provide an ethical, collaborative employment environment where each of their employees is driven to provide their best work in furtherance of their customer’s success and the mission.

OVERVIEW

Full-time/Permanent Employee

Location: Hybrid in Ft. Meade, MD or Columbia, MD

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS. If you’re passionate about building and optimizing scalable, secure cloud infrastructures, this is your chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Help design, deploy, and manage cloud solutions that power our next-generation products, all while advancing your career in an exciting, growth-focused role. Will work in a customer facility with a great team of engineers

The proposed salary range for this position is $169,000-$289,000. There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Will be responsible for engineering, architecting, and deployment of Cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Will develop strategic and implementation plans for information systems.
• Will develop the infrastructure as code required to generate cloud security infrastructure and security enclaves.
• Must be able to work in a high pressure, highly flexible environment against both short and long-term requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Clearance: Current Secret Clearance
• Education and Years of Experience: 9+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering including operations, management, design, and development of cloud-based applications and capabilities with a Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
• 3+ years experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Must have experience writing in Python and working on the Linux Command Line.
• Must have experience automating cloud configuration using tooling such as Terraform, AWS Config, Ansible, etc.
• Work autonomously actively identifying areas for improvement.
• Able to collaborate with existing platform architects on long term and strategic architectural changes to the platform.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking best practices
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be able to work in a hybrid environment, spending an average of 3-4 days per week at our Fort Meade, MD customer site or our local Columbia, MD office. However, flexibility is essential to accommodate any changes in the schedule

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Any of the following AWS Certifications are highly desired:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
AWS Certified Big Data – Specialty
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
• Designing, building, and managing infrastructure configured according to the DoD Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) and DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (DoD CC SRG)

TalentWerx is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities