AWS Cloud Architect (Containerization / K8) - Remote Washington DC area only

Full Time
Remote
Up to $185,000 a year
Posted
Job description
Job Description Summary:
Maximus is searching for an AWS Cloud Architect with Kubernetes subject matter expertise with hands on experience managing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes Clusters in AWS.

The qualified candidate will work with customers and other operations team engineers in automation and Security to architect containerization-based solutions and improve reliability. Must be able and willing to document their processes using agile methodologies. In addition, this individual should be inquisitive to new technologies and learn at a fast pace.

Position is remote in Washington DC area only, and will periodically require being onsite at the Maximus McLean, Virginia office.

Essential Job Duties:
  • Must quantify failures and availabilities in a prescriptive manner (SLIs, SLOs, SLAs). Monitor all customer-facing applications and infrastructure to ensure they are working optimally
  • Must be a fast-learning individual who is resourceful and has an inquisitive mindset
  • Resolve support escalation cases by troubleshooting issues and finding opportunities to improve application’s architecture and system infrastructure
  • Must work efficiently and have an agile mindset
  • Familiarity with implementation of gradual changes, phased deployments (canary deployments), and intermediate change
  • Build and manage Dockerfile to be deployed on Kubernetes deployments

Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, preferred in Information Technology or Computer Science; Additional Experience would be considered in lieu of degree
  • At least 12 years of related experience
  • Experienced and certified AWS Solution Architect
  • Expertise in AWS, Kubernetes ( EKS as well as Direct Kubernetes experience) , K8s security, containerization, CKAD certification, Kubernetes Operator framework.
  • Knowledge of CNCF incubated projects around K8s
  • Ability to debug and work hands on with these technologies
  • Must have a good understanding and fluency of AWS native services and industry standard Saas, PaaS, and IaaS Solutions
  • Hands on experience managing containerized workloads and services with Container Orchestration using Kubernetes (AWS EKS preferred)
  • Fluency and expertise with Jenkins, Git
  • Must have industry certification (i.e., AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Administrator certification, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, etc.).

Preferred Experience
  • Strong experience with CFT, Terraform, Ansible Playbook development
  • Intermediate-level scripting in Bash
  • Log shipping application logs to Splunk and AWS Cloud watch
  • Expert level RHEL 8, using cloud-init for provisioning
  • Experience implementing a continuous integration (CI) or continuous development (CD) pipeline in Jenkins using Declarative Pipeline language

Additional Requirements as per contract/client:
Green Card Holder / US Citizens only
Job Summary:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Oversee the automation processes for daily activities, build activities and new feature and functionality with public and private cloud
  • Interact with other team members and groups within the IT organization
  • Help enforce the standards for server builds and services deployed in AWS and the private cloud by the cloud solutions teams
  • Perform other duties assigned by leadership

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, preferred in Information Technology or Computer Science
  • Minimum of 12 years experience with infrastructure, IT systems and automation
  • AWS and/or Azure Certification(s)

MAXIMUS Introduction: Since 1975, Maximus has operated under its founding mission of Helping Government Serve the People, enabling citizens around the globe to successfully engage with their governments at all levels and across a variety of health and human services programs. Maximus delivers innovative business process management and technology solutions that contribute to improved outcomes for citizens and higher levels of productivity, accuracy, accountability and efficiency of government-sponsored programs. With more than 30,000 employees worldwide, Maximus is a proud partner to government agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit https://www.maximus.com. EEO Statement: EEO Statement: Active military service members, their spouses, and veteran candidates often embody the core competencies Maximus deems essential, and bring a resiliency and dependability that greatly enhances our workforce. We recognize your unique skills and experiences, and want to provide you with a career path that allows you to continue making a difference for our country. We’re proud of our connections to organizations dedicated to serving veterans and their families. If you are transitioning from military to civilian life, have prior service, are a retired veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a spouse of an active military service member, we have challenging and rewarding career opportunities available for you. A committed and diverse workforce is our most important resource. Maximus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Maximus provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disabled status. Pay Transparency: Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances. Posted Max: USD $185,000.00/Yr. Posted Min: USD $63,100.00/Yr.

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