Jr AWS Engineer

Jr. AWS Cloud Engineer
Location: Washington, DC
Work Type: Hybrid 1 week on-site per month.
Remote Work: Yes.
Description
The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience with AWS, technical proficiency with problem solving, good communication, and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and practices in the AWS ecosystem.
Responsibilities

• Assist in the deployment, management, and monitoring of AWS services, including EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, NACL, Security Groups, CloudTrail, etc.
• Help configure and optimize AWS resources to ensure high performance, reliability, and security.
• Work with Security Groups and other security measures to protect and manage access to cloud resources.
• Support the deployment and management of containerized applications using AWS services and Kubernetes.
• Provides knowledge in design, architecture, development and administration.
• Monitor existing systems for structural integrity.
• Oversee the development and installation of new hardware and software.
• Install and configure operating systems and other software and routinely test installed software for glitch detection and other issues.
• Design and implement security systems and redundant backups to maintain data safety
• Write custom scripts to reduce the need for human intervention, Create scalable, automated solutions for our customer base
• Establish multi-platform versions of the software package
• Write tests for existing and created code to ensure compatibility and stability
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement automated test tools and strategies
• Evaluate hardware and software and resolve LAN/MAN/WAN network related problems
• Work closely with senior engineers and other team members to implement best practices and contribute to project success.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain a federal Public Trust.
• Bachelors or equivalent degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years experience with AWS.
• Linux, Oracle WebLogic, DevOps tools is plus.