AWS Senior Cloud Engineer

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AWS Senior Cloud Engineer

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR! 

Around here, we define the future.

But we at KBR we share one goal: to improve the world responsibly as a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers.

We are currently in the process of extending our IT Infrastructure capabilities to the public cloud. If you are an agile learner, have hands-on experience architecting and implementing secure, reliable & resilient hybrid-cloud solutions and able to function as part of a highly technical, cross functional team, we would like to hear from you. This work will be managed from our South Dakota teams location but will be open for remote workers/work locations throughout the United States.

KBR is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner that is looking for an experienced and motivated Cloud support engineer that enjoys solving problems, working with customers, and has a strong technical background. As an AWS Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be part of a team responsible for delivering new AWS projects for our customers. The ideal candidate should be a detail-oriented self-starter with independent problem-solving skills, who exhibits excellent verbal and written communication skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead in the evaluation, implementation, and deployment of processes & capabilities to advance hybrid-cloud strategy for KBR’s customers
• Work with the larger design team to architect full hybrid-cloud solutions
• Develop and maintain systems management tools to manage hybrid-cloud infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, auditing, de-provisioning using Python, Ansible and other tools
• Work closely with the Architects and Engineers to design networks, systems, and storage environment that effectively reflect business needs, security requirements, and service level requirements for KBR’s customers
• Manage a continuous integration/continuous deployment methodology for Infrastructure technologies using industry standards such as Jenkins and GitLab Runners
• Work with engineering and architecture teams to design and implement scalable software services
• Lead and participate in a cross functional team environment to provide troubleshooting and support around core business applications
• Ability to work with multiple projects simultaneously
• Develop strategic roadmaps and project implementation plans based on customer requirements
• Ability to identify AWS Cost Savings, Security Gaps, and AWS Best Practices across a variety of AWS Services and compliances FedRAMP
• Ability to identifying and solve complex issues for our customers and present recommendations to senior leadership
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and juggle multiple tasks at once
• Ability to conduct an AWS Well-Architect Framework Review
• Mentor junior engineers

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• The ideal candidate should be a detail-oriented self-starter with independent problem-solving skills, who exhibits excellent verbal and written communication skills
• 3 years of continuous residency in the United States for issuance of a Government Security credential
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Minimum Professional Experience of 12 years and should include:
  • 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Software Developer/Engineer, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, DevOps Engineer, Security Engineer, or equivalent cloud experience
  • 4+ years of DevOps experience with CI/CD pipelines, containers, and automation
  • 3+ years in a customer facing role
  • 4+ years of experience implementing and administering AWS services including EC2, Lambda, ELB, S3, IAM, RDS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation, etc.
• Strong understanding of AWS Security and Network controls
• Strong experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, or other IaC tool
• Experience with Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or other configuration management tool
• Experience with one or more scripting languages like Python, Bash/Shell, or PowerShell
• General understanding of compliance around FedRAMP
• Strong technical documentation skills
• AWS Associate Certification or equivalent
• Proven ability to work across teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication and influencing skills
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities in a dynamic environment
• The ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Strong aptitude to learn and passion for problem solving

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Experience with agile techniques and methods
• Familiarity with modern Software Engineering principles
• Experience engineering and deploying pu