Cloud Operations Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cloud Operations Engineer to support our consulting client on a long term project providing multiple government agencies with their #1 product. This role will be mostly remote, however the candidate will need to be able to be present in Chantilly, VA if ever needed. If you are sharp with AWS cloud environments, building infrastructure, and troubleshooting, apply today!

Responsibilities:

• Configuration as code for infrastructure, system configuration, and application deployments
• Design and deploy cloud solutions on AWS
• Automate operations and maintenance activities
• Review security scan reports and address findings
• Apply patches, upgrades, and application deployments
• Monitor application availability and aide in resolving operational issues

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience with system administration of RPM-based Linux distributions (Amazon Linux, RHEL, CentOS, etc.)
• Automation experience with AWS cloud services (VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, etc)
• Experience with fully automated infrastructure, system, and application deployment with technologies like CloudFormation or Terraform
• Experience with shell scripting
• Experience with government and industry security standards (CIS, STIG, or NIST 800-53) and remediating issues identified during security audits
• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipeline tools
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance

Compensation:

• $90,000 - $120,000 *depending on experience*
• Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401K, Holidays, Sick Leave if required by Law

This job opens for applications on 4/17/2025. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date

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