AWS Cloud Engineer

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS022, T4, Band 7

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud environments utilizing AWS-native services and infrastructure-as-code methodologies.

- Build and manage cloud infrastructure using technologies such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, EC2, ELB, RDS, Lambda, and S3.

- Configure and administer AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, KMS, and AWS Config.

- Support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines through automation, orchestration, release management, and deployment activities.

- Develop automation solutions using Python, PowerShell, Bash, and related scripting technologies to streamline operational processes.

- Monitor system performance, reliability, availability, and security through proactive alerting, incident response, and service improvement initiatives.

- Support integration, testing, validation, and deployment of new cloud capabilities across development, testing, and production environments.

- Implement and maintain security configuration management, patching, vulnerability remediation, logging, and compliance controls.

- Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams, build guides, runbooks, operational procedures, and support documentation.

- Collaborate with developers, engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and program stakeholders to deliver scalable and secure cloud solutions.

- Participate in Agile ceremonies and support Jira-based project tracking and sprint execution activities.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, GICSP, SSCP, CND, or equivalent).
- Strong experience engineering and administering AWS cloud environments and cloud-native technologies.
- Minimum of four (4) years of experience with AWS cloud technologies and infrastructure-as-code concepts.
- Experience implementing and supporting AWS architectures utilizing services such as EC2, ELB, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible.
- Experience with deployment automation, orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management tools including GitLab and Bitbucket.
- Experience developing cloud solutions using object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Java, Ruby, or PHP.
- Strong understanding of cloud security, monitoring, vulnerability management, and operational support practices.
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical discipline; additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience supporting enterprise inf...