Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
The Swift Group2 months ago
Herndon, VA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure for multiple development teams.
- Automate infrastructure deployment using AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.
- Manage Infrastructure as Code scripts and YAML templates in GitHub using git version control.
- Set up and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Manage AWS Elastic Load Balancers, auto-scaling groups, EC2, S3 files and permissions, and CloudWatch monitoring.
- Configure alarms, dashboards, and alerts and actively monitor servers and infrastructure for issues.
- Troubleshoot Linux systems and write Bash scripts.
- Assist security teams with implementing security controls and ensuring compliance.
Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant DevOps experience.
- Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers and auto-scaling groups with AWS EC2.
- Experience with AWS CloudWatch alarms, dashboards, and alerts.
- Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3.
- Experience building Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation and YAML templates.
- Strong Linux troubleshooting skills and Bash scripting experience.
- Experience building and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and using Ansible for server automation.
- Strong knowledge of git and version control for Infrastructure as Code in GitHub.
- Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
- Desired: experience with API Gateway, AWS Lambda, SQS, SNS, Kubernetes infrastructure, multiple teams, Agile two-week sprints, and AWS certification.
Benefits
- Onsite position in Herndon, Virginia.
- The company offers a referral program for candidates who are hired, with payment made at the new hire’s 90-day mark.
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About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).