AWS Cloud Engineer

Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

State Role Title:Info Technology Specialist III

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Department of Taxation

Location:Main Street Centre

Agency Website: Type: General Public G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Taxations Office of Information Technology seeks an experienced and motivated Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Engineer to ensure the efficient operation of Virginia Taxs cloud and onpremise infrastructure. The Cloud Engineer will contribute to the development maintenance and security of systems by optimizing performance scalability and costeffectiveness.

The ideal candidate will have a firm grasp of emerging technologies platforms and applications. This role involves supporting cloud migrations resolving technical issues providing application support performing OS administration tasks managing network configurations assisting with datacenter operations ensuring continuous cloud environment support security & compliance while ensuring seamless system integration all in support of the agencys mission.

This position is located in our Central Office in downtown Richmond Virginia.

This position is eligible for a hybrid telework schedule.

The anticipated hiring salary is up to $124000 commensurate with experience.

As a member of the Virginia Tax team you can expect additional benefits such as:

Job stability and quality of life! Enjoy your work/life balance with flexible schedule options andup to two days of telework per week.
12 Paid State holidayson top of vacation sick volunteer and personal leave!
Comprehensive and affordablehealth benefits.
Got student loans You may be eligible for thePublic Service Loan Forgiveness in the Virginia Retirement SystemVA 457 Deferred Comp andmore.


At Virginia Tax

We are dedicated resourceful individuals who strive to exceed our customers only do we serve the public we are the public. We are a part of a community that cares about and celebrates each other who promote opportunities for growth within a stable environment and support a healthy worklife balance.

What we do matters. So do you.

Minimum Qualifications

Progressive knowledge and experience in Windows and/or Linux server administration

Handson experience with core AWS services (EC2 S3 VPC RDS Lambda)

Experience with Infrastructure Code (IaC) tools (CloudFormation Terraform)

Strong understanding of networking concepts

Excellent troubleshooting and problemsolving skills

Strong communication and collaborationskills

Experience with security monitoring tools and best practices

Additional Considerations

AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator AWS Certified Solutions Architect).

Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python Bash).

Experience with compliance standards (SEC530 NIST IRS 1075 etc.)

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or rsum is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

All Virginia Tax employees must be current with filing their tax returns ensuring they were filed in compliance with established laws rules and regulations.

Selected candidate(s) will be required to consent to and successfully pass a background investigation which includes fingerprintbased criminal history tax compliance and DMV driving record (if applicable) checks.


The selected candidate will be prohibited from performing tax or accounting services for compensation during or outside business hours.

Virginia Tax is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workforce. All qualified applicants are afforded equal opportunities without regard to race sex color national or ethnic origin religion genetics age veteran status political affiliation or disability.

Reasonable accommodations are available to applicants with disabilities if requested during the application and/or interview process. If accommodations are needed please contact Human Resources at (804).

Virginia Tax participates in Everify.

Consideration for an interview is based solely on the information within the application and/or resume.

Contact Information

Name: Virginia Tax Talent Acquisition Team

Phone:

Email:

In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). ServiceConnected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022 February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.