SSUSA Job #860: INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEER

Job Description

INFRASTRUCTURE AUTOMATION ENGINEER

 

As part of a team that's leading the next wave of technology on a whole new scale, you will play an integral part in advancing our client's Cloud eco-system and culture of technical excellence. You will champion Infrastructure Automation, support Hybrid Cloud Solutions, and display a strong understanding of Cloud-as-a-Service varieties: PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS. Creating the next generation of network-centric Cloud architectures, you will make a key contribution supporting end-to-end public Cloud Automation of application delivery, including Infrastructure provisioning and integration with Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) platforms, using existing and emerging technologies. The ideal candidate will have experience moving infrastructure to the Cloud!

Responsibilities:

  • Comprehensive knowledge of the functional and technical aspects of the platforms

  • Able to troubleshoot complex hardware and software defects 

  • Identify technical obstacles early and work to find creative solutions

  • Educate team members (including BSAs, Scrum Masters and Product Owners) on capabilities and constraints of technology platforms

  • Review, analyze, and modify programming systems, including coding, testing, debugging and installing

  • Maintain records to document program development, revisions, system development, and evolution

  • Perform data analytics to support job functions

  • Provides ongoing support to existing systems as needed

  • Monitors operating efficiency of existing systems

  • Defines and maintains system/application configurations

  • Communicate technical info to peers, vendors and customers

  • Estimate level of effort to meet acceptance criteria

  • Focus on continuous improvement practices as required to meet quality / time to market imperatives

  • Provide 3rd level support as needed

 

This role provides exposure to:

  • Full-stack development including provisioning, configuration and auto deployments
  • Hands on CICD pipeline maintenance and support
  • Machine Learning tools
  • Container orchestration (Docker, AWS ECS, or Kubernetes)
  • Chef, Ansible, and other continuous deployment tools
  • AWS cloud technologies (S3 bucket administration; EC2; ELB; Security Groups; IGW; ACLs; IAM, ASG, etc)

 

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or military experience

  • At least 1 year of experience with programming languages

  • At least 3 years of Linux Administration experience

  • At least 2 years experience with AWS cloud technologies (S3 bucket administration; EC2; ELB; Security Groups; IGW; ACLs; IAM management)

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering

  • At least 2 years of experience in Applications Technical Support or Incident Management or Incident Response Team or Release Management

  • At least 2 years of experience in Reporting and Analysis

  • At least 2 years of experience in Resiliency related activities and best practices

  • At least 2 years experience with programming languages (Python)

  • At least 2 years experience with scripting (shell, bash, perl)

  • Active AWS certifications
  • At least 1 year of on call production support
  • At least 1 year hands on with Chef / Ansible / any other continuous deployment tools

 

SEND YOUR RESUME TO ARTHUR@SSUSA.COM
MENTION JOB 860 IN THE SUBJECT BOX

Job Location
Washington DC & Wilmington DE

Position Type
Permanent

Salary Range
TBD