Cloud Engineer

Summary

Join Contact Government Services (CGS) as a Cloud Engineer (AWS) and contribute to government innovation by supporting the development of essential documentation for engineering, security, and operational processes within a large federal agency. You will design scalable and secure solutions, perform technical analyses, and facilitate solution transitions to operations. This full-time position requires a strong grasp of cloud computing fundamentals (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and significant experience with AWS. CGS offers a supportive environment and encourages professional growth. The ideal candidate will possess strong architectural skills and experience designing and delivering large-scale solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other Engineering or Technical discipline or equivalent relevant experience
• At least four (4-7) years of professional IT experience performing duties in support of federal government agencies
• 4+ years design, implementation and/or support of highly distributed applications demonstrating strong architectural skills to ensure availability, reliability, etc
• Hands-on experience with AWS (Required) or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience
• Experience designing and delivering large-scale solutions, most of which that have advanced to the production state
• Strong grasp of cloud computing SaaS, PaaS and IaaS fundamentals with experience designing and implementing solutions. Develop cloud base solution designs and implementation plans based on customer needs
• Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations and migration methodologies for cloud migration
• Experience in Cloud computing, Networking, Storage, and Identity Management AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain certification)

Responsibilities

• Design solutions that ensure maximum flexibility and scalability, while meeting all required security controls
• Support the development of all required documentation necessary to support the engineering, security, and operational processes
• Perform business and technical alternative analysis for any/all aspects of the solution, aiding the customer is making decisions along the way
• Facilitate the transition of the solution to operations, initially and ongoing ensuring at all times the system is operating within the anticipated operating boundaries

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS (required) or other cloud services reinforced with architectural design experience designing and delivering large-scale solutions, most of which that have advanced to the production state
• Develop cloud base solution designs and implementation plans based on customer needs
• Familiar with lift-and-shift migrations and migration methodologies for cloud migration
• Experience in Cloud Compute, Networking, Storage, and Identity Management AWS Certification or Cloud Architect Certification (or desire to obtain certification)

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays