Systems Engineer - AWS Platform (Secret Clearance Required)
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Location: Washington, DC 20011
Description:
Systems Engineer - AWS
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days per Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
About the Role:
The Systems Engineer - AWS will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role requires expertise in infrastructure automation, security best practices, cloud networking, and DevOps methodologies. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud infrastructure, automate deployments, and ensure compliance with federal security standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Skills:
This role provides the opportunity to support high-impact cloud modernization efforts within the federal sector, ensuring secure, scalable, and optimized AWS infrastructure solutions.
Skills & Requirements Qualifications
At we understand the importance of secure and reliable IT solutions. To this end, our stellar track record highlights our consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure, and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers' expectations and enhance the Government's technology landscape. We invite you to join our dynamic organization serving federal and corporate clients. Improvix Technologies offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package to provide our employees with financial and health protection and advantages they deserve. Our benefits include 401K matching, life insurance, up to four weeks of paid annual leave, transit and training compensation, health, dental and vision benefits.
Improvix Technologies, Inc.is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, disability status or any other class protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite - 5 Days per Week)
Clearance: Secret Clearance Required
About the Role:
The Systems Engineer - AWS will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based infrastructure solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role requires expertise in infrastructure automation, security best practices, cloud networking, and DevOps methodologies. The ideal candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize cloud infrastructure, automate deployments, and ensure compliance with federal security standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, high-availability AWS environments using EC2, RDS, S3, EBS, ELB, and IAM.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and manage AWS resources using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible for automated provisioning and configuration.
- Security & Compliance: Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), role-based access control (RBAC), and encryption to ensure compliance with federal regulations.
- CI/CD Pipeline Management: Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, and AWS CodePipeline to automate deployments and infrastructure changes.
- Cloud Networking & Connectivity: Configure and troubleshoot VPCs, subnets, security groups, VPNs, and AWS Direct Connect to optimize network performance and security.
- Monitoring & Optimization: Utilize AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Log Insights to track system health, troubleshoot issues, and improve resource efficiency.
- Server Configuration & Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Bash, Python, and YAML to enhance cloud operations.
- Disaster Recovery & Backup Solutions: Implement AWS backup and disaster recovery strategies, including S3 lifecycle policies, AWS Backup, and snapshot automation.
- Cross-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Operations: Support hybrid cloud environments and integrations between AWS, Azure, and on-premise infrastructure.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure AWS solutions align with business and security requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in cloud engineering, systems administration, or DevOps, with a focus on AWS environments.
- Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (Preferred) or equivalent AWS certification.
- Automation & DevOps Expertise: Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub, and CI/CD tools for cloud automation and deployment.
- Security & Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with AWS Security Hub, IAM, encryption, and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, DoD security standards).
- Networking & Load Balancing: Proficiency in configuring AWS VPCs, Route 53, CloudFront, ELB, and networking best practices.
- Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Knowledge: Experience working in multi-cloud and hybrid environments integrating AWS, Azure, and on-premise infrastructure.
- Scripting & Automation: Strong skills in PowerShell, Bash, Python, and JSON/YAML for automating deployments and system management.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience supporting federal agencies or DoD cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda, Kubernetes (EKS), and containerized workloads.
- Knowledge of cloud cost optimization strategies using AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor.
This role provides the opportunity to support high-impact cloud modernization efforts within the federal sector, ensuring secure, scalable, and optimized AWS infrastructure solutions.
Skills & Requirements Qualifications
At we understand the importance of secure and reliable IT solutions. To this end, our stellar track record highlights our consistent delivery of cost-effective, strongly-secure, and highly-integrated IT solutions that exceed customers' expectations and enhance the Government's technology landscape. We invite you to join our dynamic organization serving federal and corporate clients. Improvix Technologies offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package to provide our employees with financial and health protection and advantages they deserve. Our benefits include 401K matching, life insurance, up to four weeks of paid annual leave, transit and training compensation, health, dental and vision benefits.
Improvix Technologies, Inc.is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin, disability status or any other class protected by law. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.