CareFirst of Maryland - Reston, VA
posted 4 months ago
The AWS Cloud Platform Engineer is responsible for defining, designing, and developing system requirements for cloud-based applications. This role involves performing trade-off analysis of performance, life-cycle cost, risk, producibility, and other system or program requirements. The engineer assesses architecture and current hardware limitations, defines and designs system specifications, and evaluates input/output processes and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility. The position requires coordination of subsystem design and integration of the total system, as well as defining system support requirements, including monitoring, capacity, staffing, and patching/updating. The engineer will analyze and resolve program support deficiencies and conduct independent technical investigations in systems design. In this role, the engineer will install, tune, upgrade, troubleshoot, and maintain all computer systems relevant to the supported applications. This includes performing operating system administration, user account management, disaster recovery strategy, and networking configuration. The engineer will develop and implement techniques to prevent system problems, troubleshoot incidents to recover services, and support root cause analysis. Evaluating new systems through in-depth tests, including end-user reviews, is also a key responsibility. The engineer will research software and related products to support recommendations and purchasing, determine systems integration issues, and develop system automation and integration of business processes. The AWS Cloud Platform Engineer will improve engineering job knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, benchmarking state-of-the-art practices, and participating in professional societies. Additionally, the engineer will act as a mentor for junior and senior team members, leading a team utilizing a matrix management system.