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AWS Platform Engineer

Global Information Technology
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Reston, Virginia, United States
HybridContract
Responsibilities
  • engineering platform
  • automating infrastructure
  • ensuring reliability
Requirements
  • 10+ years IT experience with 5+ years AWS platform engineering
  • SRE experience
  • IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK)
  • Python/Ansible automation
  • Kubernetes/EKS
  • CI/CD toolchains, and at least one AWS certification
Technical tools mentioned
EC2VPCIAMS3LambdaEKSCloudWatchCloudTrailDirect ConnectELBSecurity GroupsNACLsTerraformAWS CloudFormationAWS CDKPythonBoto3AnsibleLinux BashKubernetesAmazon EKSDockerJenkinsBitbucketGitArtifactoryAmazon BedrockKendraIstioApp MeshDatadogNew RelicAppDynamicsJaeger

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: AWS Platform Engineer
Job Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract
 
 
Job Description/ Requirement:
  • 10+ years of overall IT experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of hands-on AWS Cloud Platform Engineering and Administration.
  • 3–5 years of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience.
  • Strong experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Direct Connect, ELB, Security Groups, NACLs, and Networking.
  • Hands-on production experience with AWS implementations.
  • Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
  • Strong automation skills using Python (Boto3), Ansible, and Linux Bash scripting.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, and containerized environments.
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git, Artifactory, and related DevOps tools.
  • Strong knowledge of Cloud-native architecture, microservices, and platform engineering.
  • Experience with Linux system administration.
  • Understanding of cloud security, governance, monitoring, and observability.
  • Experience with enterprise cloud migration and modernization projects.
  • Exposure to AI/ML services such as Amazon Bedrock, Kendra, and RAG models is a plus.
  • Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • At least one AWS Certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or equivalent) is required.

Preferred Skills:

  • Python, Java, Go, or Groovy programming.
  • Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/App Mesh), container security tools, and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Jaeger.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
  • Cloud and DevOps certifications preferred.

Interested candidates can send their updated resumes at [email protected]

About Global Information Technology

Provides professional IT certification training and corporate consulting services.

Year founded
1999
Employees
125
Industries
EducationInformation Technology
Activities
IT certification trainingtechnical skill developmentIT staffing servicesenterprise network solutionsweb application development
Organization type
Private
Headquarters
US

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