AWS Windows Engineer
- Contract
Company Description
With over 30 years of experience, we are Veterans helping Veterans. Veteran Technology Leaders is a customer‐focused team of skilled military Veterans and seasoned professionals delivering comprehensive services including: Cyber Security ; Business Analytics; Business Process Engineering Management; ERP Systems Integration/Implementation and Program Management.
Job Description
● Responsible for designing, building and supporting a secure cloud platform and Windows based instances based on industry standards, best practices and guidelines.
● Determine technical standards and specifications and lead the design, build and support of shared services cloud platform components.
● Provide professional support services and/or the integration of their respective products.
● Implement products based on best practices.
● Review the current architectural landscape and make appropriate recommendations.
● Compare various solutions and determine the one which best fits the need.
● Design, develop and maintain Windows based instances and backend applications. ● Deploy and maintain web application technologies and middleware solutions on Windows platform.
● Researches new technologies and products for their applicability to business processes.
● Provides tier 1 and tier 2 support for the platform.
Qualifications
Education:
● Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.
Experience:
● At least seven (7) years of experience in system administration and development experience.
● At least four (4) years of experience working with design and implementation of systems and applications at Amazon Web Services (AWS).
● Experience in setting up administrator and service accounts and troubleshooting creates/updates.
● Experience in maintaining system documentations, interacting with users and evaluating vendor products.
● Experience in monitoring Amazon Web Services (AWS) instances and services
● Experience with AWS platform capabilities and best practices architectures, and engineering solutions within multiple cloud accounts and services.
● Experience working in AWS via the Command Line Interface (CLI) and management console. Knowledge and experience architecting and configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPC).
● Experience with software evaluation principles and practices.
● Experience with developing and implementing vulnerability remediation strategies.
● Experience with configuration and execution of vulnerability and web application scans.
● Experience with automating server configuration for security including logging, key changes, and system hardening.
● Experience writing process requirements, technical design documents, and standard operating procedures.
● Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams with diverse backgrounds.
● Three (3) years of experience with Ansible, Ansible Tower experience is preferred.
● Three (3) years of experience working with Windows AMI is preferred.
● Three (3) years of experience implementing Windows Security and GPO policies.
● At least two (2) years of experience working with Windows Active Directory and Access Management.
● At least one (1) year of experience in terraform or similar infrastructure automation is preferred.
● Proven technical knowledge of network, internet systems, databases and operating systems including Microsoft in AWS.
● Working knowledge of programming languages, including Perl, Python, and shell scripting.
● Proven experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software systems and related products.
● Proven experience with systems planning, security principles, and general system management best practices.
Additional Information
Start Date: May 1, 2022
Work Schedule: M-F, 8x5, 8:00 am to 5:00 PM
Engagement Length: Min 12 Months
Location: Linthucum Heights, MD - 100% remote
Status: Citizen or Authorized to work in USA
Other: Candidates will be interviewed by client representatives