About the role

Senior Cloud Engineer working with the NIAID team to develop cloud solutions on AWS. Collaborating with product owners and improving DevOps practices in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product owners (researchers and software developers) to identify and design topologies for custom business and scientific applications on AWS as part of our custom platform
Provide guidance for adhering to best practices for optimal and secure use of cloud technologies
Assist development teams in migrating their products from on-prem infrastructure to AWS, which often requires refactoring application architecture and breaking down monolithic applications into micro-service architecture or serverless workloads
Train product teams in AWS cloud technologies and frameworks to assist them in setting up the environment, build and deploy applications, and automate operational needs
Work with other Cloud Solutions Engineers or independently to develop prototypes and enhance or expand fundamental capabilities offered on the platform, such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and containerized, serverless workloads, and high performance computing
Participate in a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered
Act as an AWS Cloud Subject Matter Expert (SME) on cross functional teams to help further the organizations mission
Occasionally present to your team, our software developer colleagues, and researchers on DevOps best practices, new and interesting cloud technologies, and ways you approached and solved challenging technical issues during our Tech Talks webinar series

8+ years of related experience
3+ years of experience with AWS, to include knowledge of commonly used AWS services, such as: ECS, EC2, S3, Parallel Cluster, Systems Manager, Lambda
Working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks, such as Terraform or CloudFormation to include writing templates and modules from scratch and experience with configuration management frameworks
Knowledge of Containerization and hands-on experience in containerizing software applications; experience working with container orchestration and deployment platforms such as AWS ECS and AWS EKS
Experience with implementing and managing Ci/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
Experience analyzing solutions components, understanding systems integration challenges, and identifying technology gaps in current components that must be resolved to reach future performance targets and functionality requirements in cloud infrastructure
Experience with presenting ideas to both technical and non-technical users
Experience writing comprehensive technical documentation
Must be able to obtain and maintain a NIH Public Trust clearance

Health insurance
401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance