Position: LINUX/AWS Engineer
Contract Duration: Long term contract
Work Location: 100% onsite in Linthicum Heights Maryland
Duties:
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Responsible for designing building and supporting a secure cloud platform and linux based instances based on industry standards best practices and guidelines
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Determine technical standards and specifications and lead the design build and support of shared services cloud platform components
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Provide professional support services and/or the integration of their respective products
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Implement the products based on best practices
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Review the current architectural landscape and make appropriate recommendations
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Must be able to compare various solutions and determine the one which best fits the need
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Designs develops and maintains Linux based instances and backend applications
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Deploy and maintain web application technologies and middleware solutions on linux platform
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Researches new technologies and products for their applicability to business processes
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Provides tier 1 and tier 2 support for the platform
Minimum Requirements:
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Eight (8) years experience in system administration and development
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Four (4) years experience working with design and implementation of systems and applications at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Three (3) years experience implementing Linux/Unix Security and privileges access
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Experience setting up administrator and service accounts and troubleshooting creating/updating and Maintaining system documentation interacting with users and evaluating vendor products deep understanding of monitoring AWS instances and services
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Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform and best practices architectures and engineering solutions within multiple Cloud accounts and services
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Experience working in AWS via the CLI and management console. Knowledge and experience architecting and configuring Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)
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Strong knowledge of software evaluation principles and practices
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Strong development and implementation of vulnerability remediation strategies
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Experience with configuration and execution of vulnerability and web application scans
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Experience with automating server configuration for security including logging key changes and system hardening
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Experience writing process requirements technical design documents and standard operating procedures
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Experience collaborating with crossfunctional teams with diverse backgrounds
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Demonstrating good interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
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Understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well Architected Framework
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Proven technical knowledge of network internet systems databases and operating systems including Linux Microsoft in AWS
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Working knowledge of programming languages including Perl Python and shell scripting
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Experience in overseeing the design development and implementation of software systems and related products
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Experience with systems planning security principles and general system management best practices
Preferred Requirements:
Education: Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Business or technical discipline.