Senior AWS Architect Engineer

JPC Partners is looking for a Senior AWS Architect Engineer that will: Provide engineering and operations support for the AWS Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) platform Analyze application and platform and translate functional requirements into technical solutions Provide recommendations to solve technical business problems and identify opportunities and risks Provide cloud architectural, platform optimization consulting expertise to technical leads, cloud engineers, and other systems architects Document and review IT cloud architecture/infrastructure, and technology portfolio Provide recommendations and implementation of cloud technology standards policies and standards Attend all customer technical discussions/design/development meetings and provide technical inputs to further enhance the code quality/process Impact functional strategy by developing new solutions, processes, standards, or operational plans that position customer competitively in the marketplace with best practices Qualifications:

7+ years of experience in Ansible, Kubernetes, Containers, GitLab, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence and CloudFormation 7+ years in AWS Cloud Services such as VPC, EC2, EKS, ECR, EFS, EBS, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, SQS, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Route 53, Cloud Watch and IAM 5+ years of experience practicing AWS Cloud Computing, DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure Automation, Configuration Management, and Quality Engineering Expertise Proficiency with integrating AWS applications with inhouse systems e.g., CRM, ServiceNow Contact Center Migration experience from legacy systems to cloud hosted capabilities Experience working in Agile Practices (e.g. SAFE, Scrum) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field Master's or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience ***

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st reside within two (2) hours of Client Headquarters in Baltimore, MD *** Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site at least 2 days a week Required Skills:

Strong understanding of cloud computing architecture and design principles Experience with infrastructure as code, automation, and deployment strategies Experience with deploying and managing cloud-based solutions in production Solid AWS Services Experience: Connect, EC2, Cloud Formation, VPC, ELB, AWS Security, S3, RDS, EBS, ECS Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools for automation (Ansible) Hands-on experience with programming languages (e.g., Python, Ruby or PowerShell) Experience with monitoring tools (Nagios, Splunk) Desired Skills

Experience with Lean / Agile development methodologies Excellent oral and written communication skills and experience working in a team environment Hands-on and architectural experience with modern Cloud Native architectures Delivery (CI/CD) best practices and use of DevOps to accelerate quality releases to Production Design and build high-quality, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions on the AWS platform Experience working in a PaaS / SaaS environments, Agile practices and service-oriented environments Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities. Adept at working independently, but also in a team environment Demonstrated experience delivering technology solutions in a fast-paced, deadline driven enterprise environment Excellent understanding of change management, testing requirements, techniques, and tools to ensure high availability of systems Prior Federal government experience