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GCI

AWS Cloud Engineer (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI, Chantilly, Virginia, United States, 22021


GCI, embodies excellence, integrity and professionalism. The employees supporting our customers deliver unique, high-value mission solutions while effectively leverage the technological expertise of our valued workforce to meet critical mission requirements in the areas of Data Analytics and Software Development, Engineering, Targeting and Analysis, Operations, Training, and Cyber Operations. We maximize opportunities for success by building and maintaining trusted and reliable partnerships with our customers and industry.

At GCI, we solve the hard problems. As an AWS Cloud Engineer, a typical day will include the following duties:

JOB DESCRIPTION

The AWS Cloud Engineer will build, deploy, manage, and administer cloud infrastructure designed to deliver complex software products in a production environment. The ideal candidate is a hands-on Cloud engineering professional with significant experience in developing and deploying repeatable processes, tools, and cloud infrastructure that enable the delivery of software in and on-demand cadence. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of configuration automation, deployment, and continuous integration technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust solutions that can keep pace with software development. They must be at ease working in an agile environment with cross functional team. This person should embody a passion for continuous improvement and innovation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Work with a team to build, administer, and secure cloud environments, including hybrid environments, in a repeatable and reliable mannerDesign, develop, test, debug, and deploy new cloud tooling and infrastructure that extend or replace existing capabilitiesCollaborate with cross-functional team of software engineers, data scientists, analysts, project managers and other engineering groupsProvide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements introductions systems and platformsProvide recommendations for continuous improvementWrite and update technical documentation such as system documentation, training materials, processes and proceduresWork alongside other engineers on the team to sustain and advance our organization's capabilitiesEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experienceREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstrated hands on experience configuring cloud VPCs, subnets, route tables, and gatewaysDemonstrated experience scaling applications written in Java, Python or other programming languages with Cloud Native technologiesExperience deploying code in AWS utilizing solutions such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormationExperience working with cloud native technologies, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), and/or Serverless cloud technologiesExperience securing cloud environments per NIST 800-53 security controlsDemonstrated experience achieving customer accreditation of cloud solutions for highly sensitive systemDESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

AWS Certification: Solutions Architect Professional or equivalentDemonstrated experience with cloud technologies used with ETL and big data pipelines such as Glue, EMR, HIVE, Spark, S3, SQS, and SNSDemonstrated experience with Kubernetes or EKSDemonstrated experience using the AWS CDK

* A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.