AWS Systems Engineer
Location: Washington, DC
Clearance: Top Secret
RESPONSIBILITIES
Searching for a skilled candidate to provide system administration and O&M support for a production Windows application operating in multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments . The successful candidate will be performing O&M support in AWS cloud environment using cutting edge technology. The developer will work in conjunction with other government and contractor developers to assist in all facets of development and O&M for the application. O&M support will include, but is not limited to, system patches and upgrades, and problem resolution. The employee will need to possess strong systems administration skills in a virtual environment. A successful candidate will need to possess a strong Computer Science background with either a Bachelors or Masters degree in this field.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure architecture, systems engineering and administration. Responsible for analyzing and implementing security policies and requirements; troubleshooting and resolving system and application issues; monitoring application stability and vulnerability; Responsible for Windows upgrades to include patching and security upgrades
Designing and developing small to medium-scale virtual infrastructures environments using AWS technologies
Managing network protocols to integrate internal systems and applications with external network service providers
Operating, securing and maintaining multiple AWS VPC Windows virtual environments ensuring continuous operations and availability
Building, customizing, and deploying Windows AWS machine images (AMI), deploying EC2 instances, RDS MSSQL instances, security groups, NACLs, AWS Load Balancers (ALB), custom IAM Roles, S3 storage, CloudFormation stacks/templates, Lambda Functions, CMKs, and CloudWatch/CloudTrail services, and other AWS services as needed
Microsoft SQL Server to include building, deploying, upgrading and maintains multiple databases both stand-alone and mirrored RDS MSSQL databases
Windows Active Directory, DNS, IIS, and MSSQL server technologies
Network routing, subnetting, filtering and host-based firewall technologies
Implementing FISMA/DISA STIG security regulations, guidelines, and mitigation strategies
Implementing AWS security best practices
PowerShell scripting and system automation experience to include YAML or JSON scripting
Qualifications
10 years of experience engineering hardware and designs for large-scale enterprise applications
5 years experience with Microsoft Windows and Amazon Web Services (AWS) multiple virtual environments
Experience with PowerShell scripting, system automation, and infrastructure as code
5 years experience coordinating activities of technology product and service vendors and leading technical infrastructure design activities
A TS clearance and SCI eligibility
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