AWS Cloud Engineer (Hybrid) - 22868

Enlighten, honored as a Top Workplace from USA Today, is a leader in big data solution development and deployment, with expertise in cloud-based services, software and systems engineering, cyber capabilities, and data science. Enlighten provides continued innovation and proactivity in meeting our customers' greatest challenges.

We recognize that the most effective environment for your projects doesn't always look the same. Our hybrid work approach ensures that you can make lasting relationships with your team and collaborate in-person to get the job done-while having the flexibility to work from home when needed to achieve focused results.

Why Enlighten?

At Enlighten, our team's unwavering work ethic, top talent and celebration of innovative ideas have helped us thrive. We know that our employees are essential to our company's success, so we seek to take care of you as much as you take care of us. Here are a few highlights of our benefits package:
• 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision and dental plans.
• 10% 401k benefit.
• Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays.
• Education/training allowances.

Anticipated Salary Range: $137,510.00 - $200,000.00. The salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, Enlighten takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function, internal equity and a candidate's education or training, work experience, certifications and key skills. Occasionally positions/roles may include additional non-recurrent compensation and will be addressed by the recruiter during the interview process.

Job Description

Enlighten is looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS. If you're passionate about building and optimizing scalable, secure cloud infrastructures, this is your chance to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Help design, deploy, and manage cloud solutions that power our next-generation products, all while advancing your career in an exciting, growth-focused role. Will work in a customer facility with a great team of engineers.

#LI-DS1 #Mid-Senior Level

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Will be responsible for engineering, architecting, and deployment of Cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Will develop strategic and implementation plans for information systems.
• Will develop the infrastructure as code required to generate cloud security infrastructure and security enclaves.
• Must be able to work in a high pressure, highly flexible environment against both short and long-term requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Security Clearance - A current Secret level U.S. Government Security Clearance is required; U.S. Citizenship required.
• 9+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering including operations, management, design, and development of cloud-based applications and capabilities with a Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
• 3+ years experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Must have experience writing in Python and working on the Linux Command Line.
• Must have experience automating cloud configuration using tooling such as Terraform, AWS Config, Ansible, etc.
• Work autonomously actively identifying areas for improvement.
• Able to collaborate with existing platform architects on long term and strategic architectural changes to the platform.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking best practices
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be able to work in a hybrid environment, spending an average of 3-4 days per week at our Fort Meade, MD customer site or our local Columbia, MD office. However, flexibility is essential to accommodate any changes in the schedule.

Preferred Requirements

• Any of the following AWS Certifications are highly desired:
  
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
  • AWS Certified Security - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Big Data - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer - Associate
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
• Designing, building, and managing infrastructure configured according to the DoD Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) and DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (DoD CC SRG)

We have many more additional great benefits/perks that you can find on our website at www.eitccorp.com [eitccorp.com].