Ignite IT · 5 hours ago
Cloud Engineer SME
Suitland, MD
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expIgnite IT is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join their team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing and implementing solutions for migrating and sustaining large data discovery and analytics applications to the cloud using cloud-native technologies.
Information Technology & Services
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Conduct cloud readiness assessments and create migration plans to facilitate smooth transitions to AWS
Design and architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS, utilizing cloud-native technologies
Engage with customers to gather requirements, understand their application architecture, and provide tailored cloud migration strategies
Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure the seamless deployment of applications and services
Configure and implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate builds, testing, and deployment in the AWS environment
Provide guidance on best practices for cloud application design, deployment, and optimization including through use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Provide expertise and support for migrations from on-premises computing infrastructure to AWS cloud ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and high availability
Provide architectural guidance to development teams on operational issues involving database design and implementation
Provide SME recommendations for big data storing solutions, installations, and configurations while ensuring scaling needs
Support database analysis, architecture, design, development, administration and capacity/storage, implementation, and operations of multi-terabytes scalable enterprise end-to-end backend database systems
Experience modernizing and operating cloud computing environments supporting applications that leverage J2EE, Tomcat, Oracle RAC, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Aurora, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch ensuring data integrity, minimal downtime, and high availability
Provide expertise and support to architect cloud-native Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes utilizing AWS Step Functions, Lamda, and Eventbrite for improved automation and maintainability
Stay updated on emerging cloud technologies and industry trends to continually enhance our service offerings
Lead and mentor team members in implementing cloud solutions, ensuring adherence to architectural standards
Review security scans, accessibility audits, and performance testing to ensure full compliance with cybersecurity requirements; and, review results and provide mitigation or improvement plans where necessary and support the implementation of remediation activities to resolve and identified issues
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
7+ years of experience in cloud architecture, with a strong focus on AWS services
US Citizen; Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance
Proven experience in designing and implementing cloud-native applications
Strong understanding of application migration strategies and tools
Excellent knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, etc.) and best practices
Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures
Strong skills leveraging IaC developing automated deployment and orchestrations solutions using TerraForm, CloudFormation, and other scripting tools
Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with customers and teams
Ability to be onsite in Suitland Maryland 2-5 days a week
Preferred
AWS Certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect) is highly preferred
Experience with large data search and discovery applications (e.g., OpenSearch) highly preferred
Experience supporting federal government organizations and missions is highly preferred
Benefits
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Referral program
Tuition reimbursement
Vision insurance
Company
Ignite IT
Ignite IT delivers customer-focused teams that bring a CX (Customer Experience) renaissance to our private and public sector clients.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Avo Reid
Chief Strategy Officer
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