Senior Cloud Computing Engineer

About this role

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Cloud Computing Engineer
Location: Remote
Department: Veterans Affairs (VA)
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)

Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Spearhead the VA’s migration to the cloud
• Create dataflow diagrams, cloud diagrams, transition diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams on Cloud Infrastructure, applications, and systems
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation technologies for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)
• Manage and control permissions in the cloud service provider for each cloud application, storage, and service being hosted
• Implement, manage, and design monitoring capabilities for cloud architecture and cloud-hosted systems and applications to ensure optimal performance and compliance with VA/federal policies
• Provide customer-focused support for product lines and services, including, set up, configuration, and provisioning of VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments
• Provide cloud support services for systems and applications in the VAEC Amazon Web Services (AWS) (GovCloud) environments, ensuring compliance with Veteran-focused Integration Process (VIP) development, release, and documentation requirements
• Adopt a DevOps mindset with an understanding of CI/CD practices and tooling
• Provide Cloud Security Provider Documentation
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps

Required Skills and Experience

• A proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing AWS infrastructure and services
• Expertise in core AWS services such as Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3), Relational Database Service (RDS), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Lambda, Identity and Access Management (IAM), CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and Route 53
• Experie...