Lead AWS Systems Engineer

Systems EngineerLocation: Washington DC - 100% REMOTEJob Type: 12 Month Contract – Possible extensionHiring Manager Notes:Needs to support Cloud program. Establish setup for all approved AWS services based on approved architectureMust be hands onWill assist w/ automation specifically using Ansible for config of products... In this case, setting up big data Hadoop stack (Cloudera).. Cloudera public cloudRoughly 20 or so application pipelines for the Cloudera stackTech stack (hands on): Terraform, Cloudera, AWS, needs to be well versed w/ Linux (required)Job description:Qualifications:10+ years of overall experience in IT including, with hands-on Development and Systems engineering background3-5 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering principles and roleExperience with Enterprise Cloud transformation efforts3+ years of experience with implementation of Containerization (Kubernetes), Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure etc.), DevOps tool chain (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab, 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)Roles & Responsibilities:Support Automation, specific to the Cloudera Hadoop stack leveraging Ansible, Terraform and PythonCommunicates Architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies, while highlighting short-term trade-offs vs. long-term commitments and costsEngage in and improve the end-to-end Lifecycle of services, starting from Inception & design, deployment, operations, and refinementSupport activities, including System design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviewsSystems Scalability and sustainability leveraging automation and strive to improve our systems with changes that improve reliability and velocityBe part of our Cloud journey and as a member of our team help lead platform automation and reliability for our platformActively 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 capabilitiesBuild strategy 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.Research on the global technology trends and their applicability to CLIENT products in support of our internal development teams and business.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 (e.g., Systems, Network, Storage, Security) by analyzing systems to identify problems, trends, and opportunities for improvement.Maintain and continually improve (patch and upgrade) our Cloud-based infrastructure.Makes data-driven recommendations and decisions, and continuously improves the overall efficacy and efficiency of our software delivery capability.Mentoring peers as well as engaging with others across teams and socializing solutions.Requirements:Strong skills are required 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, Terraform etc.Proficiency with Cloudera, MicroStrategy and Abinitio is a plusMiddleware: Tomcat, Redhat Linux is requiredContainers: Docker or other OCI-certified containersContainer Orchestration Platform : Experience with Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Red Hat OpenShift, Platform 9, or VMware TanzuCNI Plugins: Calico, Flannel, Weave Net etc.Service Mesh: Istio, AWS App Mesh, OpenShift Service Mesh etc.Container Security Tools: Twistlock, Sysdig, Aqua etc.Platform Monitoring, Observability, & Performance Tools: Nginx, New Relic, AppDynamics, DataDog, Thanos, Jaeger, LogDNA, etc.DevOps Tools: Git/bitbucket, Jira, Ansible/Puppet, Jenkins/Circleci/Bamboo, Maven/Artifactory/nexus, etc.Others:Understanding of Cloud Native ArchitectureLinux, Shell scripting, and general admin skillsNetwork, Security, Plugins, & Storage SkillsAWS skills: EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, IAM, VPC, Lambda etc.Nice to have:Cloud and DevOps certifications, e.g.