AWS Cloud Engineer

Plus3 IT Systems

$100K — $159K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship is required.
  • Ph.D. with no experience, Master's with 3+ years, or Bachelor's with 5+ years experience required; 4 additional years may substitute for a BS.
  • Proven experience coding with Terraform, with some exposure to Terragrunt.
  • Hands-on experience in Operational Maintenance and DevOps, specifically with GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Practical experience with AWS and cloud computing.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and deploy multi-account AWS infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt.
  • Monitor and manage AWS organization and associated support tools like GitLab and Keycloak.
  • Collaborate with the infrastructure team to address security concerns.
  • Monitor compute runtimes, network routing, and perimeter rules.
  • Manage operational documentation for system operations.
  • Enforce S3 Object Lock and lifecycle policies in a Logarchive account.
  • Assist other teams with technical issues in the environment.

Benefits

  • Flexible Paid Vacation
  • 11 Paid Holidays
  • 401(k) with company match
  • 100% Employer paid Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • Professional Development/Tuition Assistance program
Full Job Description
Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Hybrid

Clearance Requirement: TS/SCI w/CI Poly (ACTIVE)

Compensation Range: $100K - $159K

What You'll Do:
  • Maintain, refactor, and deploy multi-account AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt across GovCloud and Commercial regions. To cover but not limited to patches, updates, bug fixes, outages, security exposure
  • Maintain and monitor the AWS organization across GovCloud and Commercial and the support tools within (ie Gitlab, runners, Keycloak, CEGA routers etc)
  • Ability to work with the infrastructure team to quickly remediate security concerns that have been identified by Security tools, ISSOs, or MDT
  • Monitor operational health, compute runtimes, network routing (Transit Gateway, AWS Network Firewall), and perimeter rules (AWS WAF).
  • Maintain and manage all admin and user guides for the operations of the system.
  • Maintain centralized logging pipelines and enforce S3 Object Lock (WORM) and lifecycle policies (S3 Standard to Glacier) in a dedicated Logarchive account.
  • Support other teams with technical issues/questions that may arise while operating within the environment


QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements:
  • U.S. Citizenship
    • Education & Experience:
      • Ph.D.: 0+ years of experience required.
      • Master's Degree: 3+ years of experience required.
      • Bachelor of Science Degree: 5+ years of experience required
      • 4 additional years of experience may be substituted for a BS degree
  • Infrastructure as Code: Proven, practical experience coding with Terraform and exposure to Terragrunt.
  • Hands-on experience in O&M / DevOps operations, specifically building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS and/or cloud computing


Certifications Needed:
  • Security + or higher
  • Cloud certification from any of the major Cloud providers, AWS Preferred


What You'll Love About Plus3:
  • Flexible Paid Vacation
  • 11 Paid Holidays
  • 401(k) with company match
  • 100% Employer paid Health, Dental, and Vision for employees
  • Professional Development/Tuition Assistance program


What You'll Bring to Plus3:
  • A passion for working on cutting-edge, high-profile projects and a drive for delivering solutions
  • An insatiable curiosity: you ask why, proactively exploring and sharing ideas
  • A love for learning new technologies and sharing them with your team
  • A keen interest in utilizing Cloud-based and Open Source tools for problem-solving
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration with customers, vendors, and engineering teams to solve complex business problems


*Compensation: Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate's specific blend of experience, qualifications, and performance location. Salaries or compensation for part-time roles may be prorated or adjusted based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Benefits: Plus3 IT Systems offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including Employer-paid health, dental, vision, life, short/long term disability, contribution to health savings account, 401(k) matching, parental leave, flexible paid vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.plus3it.com/work-here.

Application Duration: The anticipated duration for applications is 30 days from the date of posting. Please note that this timeframe is subject to change-it may be extended or shortened-based on business requirements and the availability of qualified applicants.

Position: This is a full time position and work days are Monday through Friday. Specific work hours are established with Team Lead. Work location may vary, including onsite requirements which are outlined in the requirements and confirmed with Team Lead.

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