Junior Systems Engineer

ECS is seeking a Junior Systems Engineer to work in our McLean, VA office.  

 

We are seeking a highly skilled Junior Systems Engineer to join our ECS team in Tysons, VA. As a Junior Systems Engineer with a Cloud Engineering background, you will collaborate with a large team of Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Cybersecurity Professionals to migrate, manage, and modernize workloads in the cloud for DoD customers. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment.

 

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a large team of Cloud Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Cybersecurity Professionals to migrate, manage, and modernize workloads in the cloud-servicing DoD customers
• Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and design and implement solutions
• Assist team to solve complex technical problems and build automations to eliminate mundane tasks
• Research and learn the latest available technologies to continuously find more efficient solutions to common problems
• Document any developed processes and procedures

Qualifications

• Primary work location: Tysons, VA
• Must be clearable for DoD Public Trust or higher
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Current CompTIA Security+ Certification or ability to obtain it in the first 60 days
• Current AWS Certification or ability to obtain it in the first 90 days
• A minimum five (5) years related technical work experience
• Ability to work and produce results in an agile and fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines
• Strong AWS and Terraform skills is a must
• Familiarity with basic cloud concepts (EC2/VM, service-based databases, Infrastructure as code, Virtual Networking, etc.)
• Proficiency/Familiarity with Python
• Familiarity with JSON or YAML object writing
• Understanding of orchestration tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Ansible, or AWS SSM preferred)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloud Formation)
• Familiarity with containerization in the cloud (EKS, ECS, Fargate)
• Familiarity with common protocols including but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, HTTP(s), SFTP, SCP
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure, Private Clouds etc.)
• Familiarity with Active Directory and/or other LDAP based solutions
• Experience automating tasks in a cloud or on premise environment