AWS DevOps Engineer

Entarian provides mission-critical engineering and technology solutions for defense and civilian missions. The AWS DevOps Engineer will design, optimize, secure, and sustain AWS cloud environments for Marine Corps Systems Command, while supporting infrastructure automation, troubleshooting, compliance, collaboration, and mentoring.

Responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Management: Engineer and maintain optimal performance and availability of customer AWS environments using IaC and automation
• Technical Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues and provide support for technical hurdles related to cloud systems
• Collaboration: Work closely with IT stakeholders, developers, security analysts, and project managers to align infrastructure with business goals
• Leadership & Mentoring: Lead automation initiatives and provide guidance/mentoring to junior engineering staff
• Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for architecture decisions, automation processes, and compliance artifacts

Requirements:

• • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep proficiency in CloudFormation or Terraform for repeatable deployments
• • Cloud Networking: Advanced knowledge of VPC peering, Transit Gateway, Route 53, and VPNs, including hybrid-cloud integration
• • Automation & Scripting: Skilled in Python, Bash, or PowerShell, alongside tools like Ansible and AWS Systems Manager
• • CI/CD & DevOps: Experience designing pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, or GitLab CI
• • Observability: Implementation of monitoring and logging via CloudWatch, AWS Config, ELK Stack, Datadog, or Splunk
• • Containerization: Familiarity with Docker, ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes
• • Security Standards: Deep understanding of federal regulations including NIST 800-53 and Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• • AWS Security Tools: Expertise in IAM policies, encryption, logging, and monitoring
• • Risk Mitigation: Ability to assess and mitigate risks within cloud environments to ensure strict adherence to government requirements
• This position is remote but visits to customer site (Charleston, SC) will be required. Currently, customer site visits for Program Increment Planning occur four times per year, one week each.
• • Clearance: Active Secret Security Clearance
• • Master's or Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field (e.g., EE, CE, CS, IT, or IS)
• • Undergraduate degrees must be ABET-accredited
• • Post-secondary education must be institutions that hold regional accreditation (MSCHE, NWCCU, HLC, NECHE, SACSCOC, or WASC WSCUC)
• • 10+ years of professional software/network engineering experience with a Master's degree
• • 14+ years of professional software/network engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree
• • Experience must include research, design, and development of computer/network software or specialized utilities (including application database maintenance)
• • Current Security+ certification
• • Agile Developer or Certified Scrum Developer (CSD) certification
• • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
• • Management: ITIL or PMP certifications
• • Orchestration: Experience specifically managing Kubernetes clusters in a production environment