Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer

About the position

M9 Solutions is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer to work on a government contract for a client located in San Antonio, TX. An active TS/SCI clearance is required. M9 Solutions is dedicated to providing IT services and solutions to the Federal Government by mobilizing the right people, skills, clearance levels, and technologies to help organizations who desire improved performance and modern, sustainable change. M9 has provided quality IT services and support to more than 30 Federal Agencies and multiple commercial customers nationwide. Our capabilities include digital transformation, software development, cloud migration, applications & infrastructure, cybersecurity, data delivery & analytics, and IT talent solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter proficiency for work described in the task.
• Responsible for providing analytical skills to support process improvement, specialized studies, and definition of requirements.
• Typical duties include analysis, planning, developing requirements documents, building functional models, developing procedures, developing functional architectures, and other related management and technical duties.
• Provide subject matter expertise with application lifecycle management as it pertains to containerized Kubernetes clustered environments.
• Responsible for the installation, orchestration, execution, configuration, security, and validation of clusters.
• Participate in establishing architectural standards that enable DevOps practices like infrastructure as code, policy as code, and CI/CD.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Experience using and provisioning cloud services (AWS).
• Thorough understanding of networking and DNS, scheduling, troubleshooting and logging and monitoring of relevant areas.
• Proficiency in AWS tools such as Kubernetes, EKS, Diode, Lambda etc., orchestrated/deployed in a cloud environment.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 6 – 8+ years of experience as a DevOps Engineer, AWS Engineer, or similar role.
• Strong proficiency in AWS services (EKS, CloudFormation, Lambda, S3, EC2, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control.
• Strong knowledge of scripting languages (Java, Bash, etc.) for automation tasks.
• Experience with docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• 5+ years of applied experience on containerized platforms.
• IAT level II certification.
• AWS Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
• At least 2 of the below AWS certifications or training: AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification or training, AWS SysOps Administrator Certification or training, AWS DevOp Engineer Certification or training.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Diversity in driving the vision of the company