Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer

All candidates must have a TS/SCI and work onsite in a SCIF 5 days a week IN San Antonio TX. Look for candidates willing to relocate



Functional Expert – Senior
Provides subject matter proficiency for work described in the task. Responsible for providing analytical skills to support process improvement, specialized studies, and definition of requirements. Typical duties include analysis, planning, developing requirements documents, building functional models, developing procedures, developing functional architectures, and other related management and technical duties. Must have experience with using and provision cloud services (AWS). Must provide subject matter expertise with application lifecycle management as it pertains to containerized Kubernetes clustered environments. Responsible for the installation, orchestration, execution, configuration, security and validation of clusters. Must have a thorough understanding networking and DNS, scheduling, troubleshooting and logging and monitoring of relevant areas. Participates in establishing architectural standards that enable DevOps practices like infrastructure as code, policy as code and CI/CD.
Preferred candidate will have proficiency in AWS tools such as: Kubernetes, EKS, Diode, Lambda etc. (not all inclusive) orchestrated/deployed in a cloud environment
Qualifications:

1) Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
2) Proven experience (6-8yrs.) as a DevOps Engineer, AWS Engineer, or similar role
3) Strong proficiency with AWS services (EKS, CloudFormation, Lambda, S3, EC2, etc.)
4) Hands on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control
5) Strong knowledge of scripting languages (Java, Bash, etc.) for automation tasks
6) Experience with docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
7) Five (5) years applied experience on containerized platforms.
A Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer should have AWS Kubernetes CKA certification or training and at least two of the listed AWS certifications (or training). Three (3) years proven relevant experience may be substituted as applicable to each certification.
1. AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification or training
2. AWS SysOps Administrator Certification or training
3. AWS DevOp Engineer Certification or training

Required Certification/Training

IAT level II certification or Sec+ preferred
AWS Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification or training
(Desired) AWS SysOps Administrator Certification or training
(Desired) AWS DevOp Engineer Certification or training