Description
PURPOSE: Defines designs and develops system requirements. Performs trade-off analysis of performance life-cycle cost risk producibility and other system or program requirements. Assesses architecture and current hardware limitations defines and designs system specifications and evaluates input/output processes and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility. Coordinates design of subsystems and integration of total system. Defines system support requirements to include monitoring capacity staffing and patching/updating. Analyzes and resolves program support deficiencies. Conducts independent technical investigations in systems design. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 30 Installs tunes upgrades troubleshoots and maintains all computer systems relevant to the supported applications including all necessary tasks to perform operating system administration user account management disaster recovery strategy and networking configuration. 25 Develop and implement techniques to prevent system problems troubleshoots incidents to recover services and support the root cause analysis 20 Evaluates new systems by performing in-depth tests including end-user reviews. Researches software and related products to support recommendations and purchasing. Determines systems integration issues by evaluating components developing and completing performance tests analyzing test data studying project requirements analyzing user and potential user input evaluating similar and related products and systems. Develop system automation and system integration of business processes. 15 Improves engineering job knowledge by attending educational workshops reviewing professional publications establishing personal networks benchmarking state-of-the-art practices participating in professional societies. 10 Acts as a mentor for junior and senior team members. Qualifications To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education Level: Bachelor's Degree Education Details: Information Technology or Computer Science Experience: 8 years proven success overseeing the design development and implementation of software systems and applications. In Lieu of Education In lieu of a Bachelor's degree an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience. Preferred Qualifications Seeking experienced and dynamic AWS Cloud Platform Engineer to provide hands-on technical expertise for supporting our AWS footprint including Security and Guardrails. As an AWS Cloud Platform Engineer you will be responsible for designing implementing and integrating our cloud platform resources on Amazon Web Services AWS. You will collaborate with a team of talented cloud engineers and technology teams to deliver scalable reliable and secure cloud solutions that support our company's growth and innovation. Summary: Minimum of 10years of IT experience of which at least 5 years must be in AWS Cloud Platform engineering and Administration. Strong Leadership experience with driving Transformation initiatives 3-5 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering role Experience with SRE principles and transformation 3 years of experience with Containerization Kubernetes Cloud technologies AWS Azure etc. DevOps tool chain Ansible Jenkins Artifactory bitbucket etc. and technical patterns IaC Automated Provisioning/Release CI/CD etc. Solid understanding of Software coding techniques and experience with full spectrum of Software engineering Build Integration Test Releasing and Deployment leveraging Python. Experience in Developing and/or challenging engineering solutions/practices and collaborating with peers within and outside of immediate team including customers Dev Architects Engineers Platform Engineering Lead with Hands -on Experience: Building robust Middleware Environments Previous Linux System administration is required. Must have strong hands-on knowledge of AWS platform and services but not limited to VPC Networking Direct Connect Subnets NACLs Security Groups EC2 S3 IAM ELBs Lambda CloudWatch CloudTrail EKS etc. Must Have Hands on current Implementation and Production level experience in AWS Cloud. Hands on experience with Automation and Infrastructure Provisioning is a must -Our goal is to only provision infrastructure with Code and Policy As Code. Must be familiar with Terraform automation Ansible playbooks and Python code. Experience with AWS Cloud Formation and CDK is required. Must have hands on experience in writing Lambda functions preferably in Python Boto3. Must be well versed in writing Linux Bash scripts. Minimum of One AWS certification is required. Hands-on experience with Containerization and Amazon EKS is a big plus. A great understanding of various DevOps toolchains including Git/repo Crucible Jenkins etc. Solid understanding and experience with a CI/CD tool chain. Qualifications: - 10 years of overall experience in IT including hands-on Development and Systems engineering background . - Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology or related field masters degree preferred. - (5-10) years of experience in cloud engineering and automation with a focus on AWS cloud services. - Minimum of 8-10 years of IT experience of which at least 5 years must be in AWS Cloud Automation and Administration. - 3-5 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering role - 3 years of experience with implementation of Containerization Kubernetes Cloud technologies AWS Azure or Google etc. DevOps tool chain Jenkins Artifactory bitbucket etc. and technical patterns IaC Automated Provisioning/Release CI/CD etc. - Must be well versed in Terraform automation Ansible playbooks and Python code. - In-depth knowledge of AWS services and solutions including but not limited to EC2 S3 RDS Lambda VPC IAM CloudFormation and CloudWatch. - Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles design patterns and best practices for building scalable resilient and secure cloud environments. - Proficiency in infrastructure as code IaC tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation. - Exposure to Artificial intelligence patterns and engineering of AWS solutions. Good knowledge of leveraging Amazon Kendra Lambda Bedrock Rag models etc. - Excellent communication collaboration and leadership skills with the ability to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Minimum of 1 AWS certifications e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer is required. - Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment preferred. - Solid understanding of Software coding techniques and experience with - Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines containerization technologies e.g. Docker Kubernetes and serverless computing is a plus. - full spectrum of Software engineering Build Integration Test Releasing and Deployment leveraging Python. - Experience in Developing and/or challenging engineering solutions/practices and collaborating with peers within and outside of immediate team including customers Developers Architects and Engineers Roles Responsibilities: - Communicates Architectural decisions plans goals and strategies while highlighting short-term trade-offs vs. long-term commitments and costs - Engage in and improve the end-to-end Lifecycle of services starting from Inception design deployment and operations. - Establish automation capabilities leveraging Cloud native solutions to improve the Developer experience. - Support activities including System design consulting developing software platforms and frameworks capacity planning and launch reviews. - Willingness to roll up the sleeves and troubleshoot difficult issues and engage the Customer. - Willingness to learn new AWS Services and other technologies as required. - Systems Scalability and sustainability leveraging automation and strive to improve our systems with changes that improve reliability and velocity. - Experience with Enterprise Cloud transformation and migration efforts. - Actively participate and help guide customers on using Cloud-native design and architecture patterns. - Provide Consultation on Technology infrastructure planning and engineering for assigned systems Assesses the implications of technology strategies on infrastructure capabilities. - Establish strategies to migrate Legacy applications by conversion to multiple Microservices and hosting on AWS Cloud platform. - Leverage Cloud-native architecture components including Containers immutable infrastructure Microservices Service Mesh etc. to build highly available and Fault tolerant applications. - Conduct research on the global technology trends and their applicability to FEPOC products in support of our internal development teams and business initiatives. - Promotes and ensures Modern application design applies engineering best practices in the development and operations life cycle and mitigates vulnerabilities. - Monitors and manages the Stability Availability and Performance of enterprise systems and platforms across IT domains. o e.g. Systems Network Storage Security by analyzing systems to identify problems trends and opportunities for improvement. - Automate end to end process to maintain patches and upgrades of our AWS Cloud ecosystem. - Makes data-driven recommendations and decisions and continuously improves the overall efficacy and efficiency of our software delivery capabilities. - Mentoring peers as well as engaging with others across teams and socializing solutions. Strong skills are desired in each of the following areas: Development: Experience programming with one or more languages: Python Java Groovy Go etc. IAC Tools for Platform Automation: Strong skills and experience in at least one: Ansible and Terraform AWS Cloud formation CDK. Containers: Docker or other OCI-certified containers- is a Plus Container Orchestration Platform: Experience with Kubernetes AWS EKS AWS ECS is a plus. CNI Plugins: Calico Flannel Weave Net etc. Service Mesh: Istio AWS App Mesh OpenShift Service Mesh etc. Container Security Tools: Twistlock Sysdig Aqua etc. is a plus Platform Monitoring Observability Performance Tools: Nginx New Relic AppDynamics Data Dog Thanos Jaeger LogDNA etc. DevOps Tools: Git/Repo Crucible Bitbucket Jira Ansible Puppet Jenkins Circleci Bamboo Maven Artifactory Nexus etc. Other Required Skills: - Understanding of Cloud Native Architecture - Linux Shell scripting and general admin skills - Network Security Plugins Storage Skills - AWS skills: EC2 S3 EBS EFS IAM VPC Lambda EKS RedShift etc. - Cloud and DevOps certifications e.g. AWS Knowledge Skills and Abilities KSAs - Knowledge of programming languages and web-based technologies. - Ability to collaborate to solve technical problems across teams. - Expert -Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. - Expert - The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment exclusion or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. - Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities deadlines and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. - Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers within set expectations for service excellence. - Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging. Licenses/Certifications AWS Cloud certifications minimum of One is required.
Experience Level
Entry Level
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $82.14/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Reston,VA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Sep 8, 2025.
h4>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services
We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
