Skyward IT Solutions

Cloud Engineer

Rockville, MD · Internship

No sponsorship$115k-$145kDetected 35 days ago

PythonBashAWSCloud PlatformsTerraformAnsibleMachine LearningLLMsLLMOpsCybersecurity

About the role

That is, a love for people, for improvement, for human advancement through information technology.
Integrity: We're conscientious, intentional, and empathetic.
Please don't ask us to play another part, we're poor actors.

Build the cloud where the magic lives.
Design, deploy, and operate secure, scalable AWS environments (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Aurora, and Neptune) that keep our systems fast and our data exactly where it belongs, supporting CMS as it merges systems into one AI-driven platform.
Respect the pillars. Build to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, balancing performance, reliability, security, and cost like they actually matter (because they do).
Keep the lights on. Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and COOP continuity so we hit our SLAs even on a genuinely bad day.
Run a tidy multi-tenant house. Build isolated, segregated, quota-managed spaces where different teams can experiment with AI without elbowing each other.
Be the bouncer. Design least-privilege IAM and role-based access controls, then keep them honest with regular access reviews and audits.

You know the cheapest architecture and the best architecture are usually closer than people think.
You have a few AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps, or Security Specialty) and the scars that come with real-world use.

Medical, dental, vision insurance (fully paid for employees)
15 days of paid leave
7 days of sick leave
2 days bereavement leave
401K with 4% employer contribution (and no vesting period)
Up to 4 weeks of paid paternity and maternity leave
$2,000 referral bonus
Life and disability insurance
Bonus points if you've operated inside a FISMA boundary, navigated an ATO, or survived a cATO effort.
Legal Shield and ID Shield Voluntary Benefits

We are Skyward.
We are a people-centered business with a desire to serve others.
We are diverse and unified; creative and collaborative; a collection of complementary, not competing talents.
And though on the surface we remain relaxed, beneath, a torrent of energy links us to our civic tech mission.
We stand by our values, and we won't compromise on any of them.
For us, life isn't what happens outside of work.
Work happens inside of life and our culture erases the line often dividing the two.
At Skyward, we're focused on hiring individuals with the right skills and passion to grow, not just checking off every box.
What we offer you:

Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance due to the nature of our work as a government contractor

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