ASCENDING is hiring a
AWS Cloud Engineer

Summary

The job is for a 36-month remote position requiring US citizenship for Public Trust. The role involves conducting market research on infrastructure and cloud technologies, implementing POCs, designing system architecture, evaluating cloud vendor offerings, assisting in documentation, participating in cross-functional activities, automating cloud environments, developing software delivery pipelines, collaborating within and across agile teams, documenting best practices, eliminating roadblocks, and performing thorough testing. The desired qualifications include a BS/BA degree, 6+ years of AWS cloud experience, AWS Migration experience in the Federal Government, AWS Professional Cloud Certification, deep understanding and working experience in server, storage, network, virtual machine, security, cloud technologies from leading cloud vendors, Unix/Linux platforms, scripting experience with Shell, Python, and Perl, and ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree. in a related area (Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, etc)
• 6+ years of AWS cloud experience
• Experience migrating applications from on-prem to AWS cloud, preferably in a government environment
• Deep understanding and working experience in server, storage, network, virtual machine, security
• Deep understanding and working experience in cloud technologies from one or more leading cloud vendors
• Expertise working with Unix/Linux platforms and scripting experience with Shell, Python and Perl
• Experience supporting mission critical, enterprise class applications based on Linux and Windows platform on-premises or in the cloud
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research and evaluation on latest infrastructure and cloud technologies
• Produce formal decision analysis and recommendation document on technologies to be adopted at the customer data center and cloud
• Implement Proof-Of-Concept (POC) on key infrastructure and cloud technologies
• Design system architecture and technical implementation plan
• Evaluate cloud vendor offerings. Implement cloud pilots. Participate in cloud implementation design and migration planning
• Assist in producing documentation and other deliverables that meet customer's requirements
• Participate in other cross-function design and development activities
• Design and automate cloud environments at scale using Infrastructure as Code tools
• Design and develop fully automated software delivery pipelines
• Efficiently collaborate within and across agile teams to maximize productivity
• Develop technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and similar
• Engage in all agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, demos and retrospectives
• Eliminate road-blocks and hindrances preventing teams from delivering software
• Assist the team in documenting and leveraging cloud and DevOps best practices acceptance testing) cycles and performs testing with thoroughness and great attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Migration experience within Federal Gov environment preferred
• AWS Professional Cloud Certification Preferred