Principal Cloud Engineer is needed for a contract opportunity with SOC’s client onsite in Washington D.C. *Contract Length: 6+ months, likely temp to perm *Must be able to obtain Public Trust Job Description:
Producing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Configuration as Code (CaC), delivering solutions with a code first approach with sufficient comments and structure
Collaborating with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions
Diagnosing and resolving complex performance, security, and/or technical challenges
Supporting all tiers of applications deployed in the cloud, configuring network, cloud native services, infrastructure, and privileges for development teams
Identifying opportunities for optimizing cloud consumption by the agency and providing strategic direction for addressing those opportunities
Creating/updating cloud environment configurations to establish/support Application workloads, including
AWS Focused: Configuration of AWS Accounts, IAM Users and Roles, VPCs, subnets, load balancers, Network routes, Transit Gateway, Control Tower, Systems Manager, Config Manager, stack sets, WAF, CloudFront, and Route53
Job Role Specific Requirements:
12+ years experience in information technology WITH 8+ years of focused, HANDS ON experience deploying/configuring workloads within EITHER AWS or Azure – preferred experience is DevOps focused
Experience designing and implementing cloud architectures
Good understanding of FedRAMP services and best practices for their consumption
Experience managing AWS Public and GovCloud across regions
Experience deploying stack sets and using AWS Control Tower
Strong knowledge of enterprise computing and operating systems such as Linux and Windows, and experience with troubleshooting
Proficiency in automating processes with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including use of remote APIs
Demonstrated proficiency with implementing and managing AWS services via AWS Console or CLI of AWS accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, VPCs, and load balancers
Demonstrated understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices across cloud service providers
Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies
Experience documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases
Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment
Professional Architect Certification within EITHER AWS or Azure
Note: Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain a public trust Employment Pre-requisites The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation, and drug urinalysis. SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. #DZFED #INDSOC
Estimated Min Rate: $70.11 Estimated Max Rate: $100.15
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