AWS Engineer

This is a remote position. AWS Engineer 100% Remote Primary Responsibilities: • Build and maintain products focused on application development lifecycle automation • Work with the cloud, security, testing, and application teams to build orchestration pipelines • Build, support, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that conduct multiple deployments a day • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by establishing and participating in feedback loops • Meet with applications on a regular cadence to provide support and identify opportunities for optimization • Serve as a main point of contact for all technical needs and become the subject matter expert of the applications the team manages. • Become a subject matter expert with CMS Hybrid Cloud and CMS Enterprise Shared Service offerings • Develop strong relationships and partnerships with the other CMS Hybrid Cloud Product Teams • Continuously refresh infrastructure components such as EC2 instances, Cloud Formation Stacks, Kubernetes clusters, containers, etc. • Promote strong quality control practices for all managed services as well as maintain robust documentation • Work independently to resolve highly complex problems using significant application of technical knowledge, conceptualizing, reasoning, and interpretation Requirements • Works independently under “minimal supervision." Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 4-6 years of general experience. • Knowledge of cloud-based security tools, best practices and policies including demonstrated experience protecting all layers of the application stack. • Knowledge of the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC). • Experience in cloud technologies, cloud services, IaC, cloud storage, cloud networking and cloud security. • Package Management tools: rpm, pip. • Experience with container build and orchestration: Kubernetes, EKS, ECS • Operatizing System Setup and Best practices: RHEL, AL2, AL23, Windows • Build Tools: Jenkins, GitHub • Experience with CI/CD Tools: Sonarqube, Snyk, • Dependency Management tools: Maven. • Configuration Management tools: Ansible, Terraform, Git. • Experience with Cloud IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings. • Experience working with Fisma compliant systems • Experience with AWS config best practices • Experience with CloudWatch logs and Metrics • Experience with AWS/Azure CLI, shell languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell), and formal programming languages (e.g., Python, Golang, Rust). • Experience with containers (Docker, ECS, EKS), serverless (Lambda), and Virtual Machine (VMware, KVM) architectures. • Experience bootstrapping and automating the build of complete environments. • Efficient communication, zero handoff mentality. • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills. • Ability to manage conflict effectively. • Ability to adapt and be productive in a fast-paced dynamic environment. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills supporting multiple stakeholders and business operations. • Self-starter, self-managed, and a team player. Preferred Qualifications: • Cloud Certification (e.g., AWS SysOps Administrator, Azure Administrator). • Proven ability to work with challenging customers • Agile-based knowledge and skill, including experience with Scrum Ceremonies and work management tools (e.g., (JIRA, Confluence). • Security Skills—Knowledge of information assurance compliance and information security basics within CMS. Required Clearance Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance Originally posted on Himalayas