Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities and Duties

• Migrate applications to AWS using cloud design patterns and best practices.
• Work between the application engineering team and the cloud engineering team to question and debug what those teams are developing.
• Write well designed, testable, and efficient code and scripts.
• Integrate COTS and custom software components into a fully functional system.
• Evaluate and deploy software tools, processes and metrics.
• Provide hands-on support and customer-facing consulting on cloud, analytics and machine learning systems.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience migrating applications to AWS.
• 5+ years of experience writing production-quality code using three or more of the following programming languages: Python, Java, SAS, C++, SQL.
• Experience with Continuous Build and Delivery Systems.
• Knowledge of AWS cloud formation template
• Knowledge of AWS IAM roles (Identity and Access Management) and policies.
• Knowledge of relational databases including Oracle and Netezza.
• Mastery of Linux and shell scripting fundamentals.
• Excellent understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers (Apache, nginx, IIS), caching, application servers, & load balancers /application delivery Controllers.
• Knowledge of Containers (Docker) and Container Orchestration Systems (ECS, Kubernetes, and Docker Swarm/Data Center).
• Exposure to Big Data Infrastructure such as Spark, Storm, and Hadoop.
• Professional experience creating customer-facing documentation.
• Familiarity with software engineering tools, software development methodology and release processes.
• BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Math preferred.

Job Type: Contract

Experience:

• AWS: 3 years (Preferred)

Location:

• Reston, VA (Required)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)

Full Time Opportunity:

• No