Senior SME (AWS Infrastructure)

Role -Senior SME (AWS
Infrastructure)

Work Experience:

We
are searching for a Sr. SME to support an AWS GovCloud platform in the Cloud
Architecture and Administration team. The candidate must be able to demonstrate
working knowledge of supporting AWS platform. Candidate should have advanced
skills in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS Code family, GitLab). The
successful candidate is self -motivated, has strong analytical skills, possesses
the ability to learn quickly and can handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Candidates must be able to support the following:

Infrastructure & Automation

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)  - Proficiency with Terraform,
  CloudFormation, or CDK for declarative infrastructure management
  
• CI/CD Pipeline Architecture  - Designing and maintaining deployment
  pipelines using CodePipeline and GitLab CI
  
• GitOps Practices  - Implementing git -based workflows for
  infrastructure and configuration management
  

AWS Organization & Governance

• Multi -Account Strategy  - Managing AWS Organizations, Control
  Tower, and account vending processes
  
• Service Control Policies (SCPs)  - Implementing guardrails and
  organizational policies
  
• Cross -Account Networking  - Transit Gateway, VPC peering,
  PrivateLink, and hub -spoke architectures
  

Container & Orchestration Platforms

• EKS/ECS Management  - Building and operating container
  orchestration platforms with add -ons, service mesh, and cluster lifecycle
  management
  
• Container Security  - Image scanning, admission
  controllers, pod security policies/standards
  

Security & Compliance (GovCloud -specific)

• Compliance Automation  - AWS Config, Security Hub, GuardDuty
  integration and automated remediation
  
• Zero Trust Architecture  - Implementing identity -based
  networking and least privilege access patterns
  
• Encryption & Key Management  - KMS, CloudHSM, and
  encryption -at -rest/in -transit strategies
  
• Automated Remediation – Leveraging AWS native services to
  remediate security findings with event -driven architecture
  

Observability & Reliability

• Centralized Logging/Monitoring  - CloudWatch, Cloudtrail, Splunk
  integration and implementation
  
• Cost Optimization  - FinOps practices, cost allocation
  tags, and automated rightsizing
  

Requirements

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

•At
least seven years of experience in specified technical field, or four years of
recent, demonstrated experience with specified emerging technology and four
years of experience in a closely related technical field

•Requires
eight years of analytical experience

•BA/BS
or MA/MS in computer science, information systems, mathematics, relevant field,
or equivalent experience required 

•Provides
expert support, analysis and research into exceptionally complex problems, and
processes relating to the subject matter. Serves as technical expert on
executive -level project teams providing technical direction, interpretation and
alternatives.

•Thinks
independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communications
skills.

•Applies
advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.

•Contributes
to the development of new principles and concepts.

•Works
on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly
innovative and ingenious.

•Works
under consultative direction toward predetermined long - range goals and
objectives.

•Assignments
are often self -initiated.

•Determines
and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.

•Develops
advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product.

•Expertise
is in a particular area of Information Technology (e.g., Information Systems
Architecture, Telecommunications Systems Design, Architecture, Implementation,
Information Systems Integration, Software Development Methodologies, Security
Engineering, Communications and Network Systems Management), or a specific
functional area (e.g., finance, logistics, and operations research).