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Lead AWS Cloud Engineer - W2 Only

Reston, Virginia, USA · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 63 days ago
PythonJavaGoBashAWSCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformAnsibleLinuxDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningCybersecurityHIPAA

About the role

  • The selected candidate must work onsite in Reston, VA once per week, with occasional meetings in Washington, D.C. The remaining work can be performed remotely.
  • Automate the patching, upgrades, and maintenance of the AWS ecosystem to improve system reliability and velocity.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10 years of total IT experience, with at least 5 years specifically in AWS Cloud Platform engineering and administration.
  • At least 2 years of deep, hands-on experience with Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) in a production environment.
  • Strong proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Ansible for configuration management.
  • Hands-on experience with Python (specifically Boto3 for Lambda functions) and Linux Bash scripting.
  • Previous experience in Linux System Administration.
  • This is strcitly W2 positon only. ***Candidates MUST BE local to Reston, VA only.
  • The core objective of this role is to provide hands-on expertise in supporting a massive AWS footprint, focusing on security guardrails and infrastructure automation.

Nice to have

  • Exposure to AWS AI/ML services such as Bedrock and SageMaker.
  • Familiarity with Service Mesh (Istio or AWS App Mesh) and Container Security tools (Twistlock, Sysdig, or Aqua).
  • Experience with Java, Go, or Groovy development.
  • VPC, Direct Connect, NACLs, Security Groups, and Load Balancers (ELB/ALB).
  • Proven experience in a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role or a platform operations environment.

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