About the role

What will you do at The Swift Group, LLC?

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and

solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software

Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and

Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence

Community customers across the country and around the globe.

Swift is looking for a skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic

team in Herndon, VA. The Cloud Engineer leverages DevOps expertise and will be

responsible for deploying and maintaining multiple development teams’ AWS

infrastructure along with utilizing CloudFormation and Ansible to automate the

deployment of the entire infrastructure. They will manage all scripts and

templates in GitHub utilizing git for version control, assist security with

implementing security controls to ensure compliance, and actively monitor

servers and infrastructure for issues while setting up and maintaining Jenkins

pipelines.

Requirements

* 3+ years of relevant DevOps experience
* Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) and auto-scale groups with
AWS EC2
* Experience setting up alarms, dashboards, and alerts with AWS CloudWatch
* Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3
* Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation
using YAML templates
* Strong Linux troubleshoots skills
* Bash scripting experience
* Ability to set up, build, and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
* Experience using Ansible for server automation
* Strong knowledge of git and version control for IaC in GitHub
* Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
* US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
required
Desired Experience:
* Setting up API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions
* Experience working with SQS and SNS
* Experience with setting up and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
* Experience with working with multiple teams
* Experience working in an Agile work environment on two-week sprints
* AWS Certified
Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift
Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at
the new hire’s 90-day mark.
We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we
will not be accepting unsolicited resumes. All inquiries must go through the
recruiting team.
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Which skills does this role require?

AWSDevOpsCloudFormationAnsibleGitHubJenkinsLinuxBash ScriptingEC2S3CloudWatchKubernetesAgileAPI GatewayAWS LambdaTS/SCI ClearanceCloud EngineeringGitCI/CDBashELBAuto-scalingYAMLInfrastructure as CodeTS/SCIPolygraphSQSSNSAWS CertifiedSoftware DevelopmentCyber EnablementIntelligence CommunityMachine Learning

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