AWS Cloud Engineer

The Department of Interior (DOI) CHS III program will be leading the way for Cloud Hosting and Applications Modernization across DOI and its subordinate bureaus. CHS III will facilitate migration of legacy on-premises applications to a modern, secure and scalable multi-cloud platform.  From sensors in active volcanic regions to earthquake detection data, CHS III will be DOI's central cloud processing and data solution.   

 

The candidate will be expected to support various cloud-based workloads in AWS.  Candidate will be responsible for:  

• Monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolving issues in minimal time to meet Service Level Agreements.  

• Inspecting AWS CloudWatch Logs, Alerts/Alarms 

• Implementing new CI/CD Pipelines in AWS using tools such as Gitlab, CloudFormation, and AWS CodePipeline. 

• Implementing and administering Gitlab Runners 

• Docker experience; running and integrating Docker containers with AWS using secure best practices 

• Serving as technical POC for Dremio support. 

• Working as part of a team.  Frequent collaboration and communication across various CHS III teams will be required.  

• Communicating with customer science centers to resolve issues with workloads, ensuring customer satisfaction and that solutions implemented conform with CHS III standards. 

• Additional experience with other Cloud service providers such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform is a plus

Basic Qualifications  

• 5 Years with BS/BA, 3 Years with MS/MA or 9 years of relevant experience with HS Diploma/equivalent 

• Must be a US Citizen 

• Candidate must have an Active Public Trust or the ability to obtain one is required 

• Must have at least one of the following certifications or able to attain within 90 Days of Hire:  

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate  

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate 

• Candidate must have experience with Dremio  

 

Preferred Qualifications  

• 8 years with BS/BA; 6 years with MS/MA 

• Preferred experience with: 

• Gitlab 

• Docker 

• AWS CloudFormation 

• Editing and deploying CloudFormation Templates in JSON and/or YAML 

• Python 

• AWS Lambda Functions 

• AWS EBS 

• AWS EFS 

• AWS S3 (and Tiering rules) 

• AWS EC2 

• AWS Kinesis 

• Ansible 

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$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.