MS- SME AWS SME MS – ITS- 159641

Required Skills/Experience

Provide the minimum required skills and/or experience the contractor must possess to qualify for this position. These requirements will be transferred to the Score Sheet and candidates without these requirements reflected on their resume will NOT be presented to the manager for consideration.

• Deep knowledge of key AWS services (EC2 S3 RDS VPC IAM Lambda CloudFormation etc.)
• Experience leading cloud migrations or implementations in a complex multi-account environment
• Strong network troubleshooting abilities to help resolve connectivity issues both inside the AWS cloud environment and ingressing/egressing to the States on premises environment.
• Familiarity with AWS Landing Zone implementations and management using AWS Landing Zone Accelerator
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation Terraform AWS CDK) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience implementing security best practices (e.g. IAM policies encryption network segmentation and SCPs).
• Familiarity with DevOps principles containerization (Docker ECS EKS) and serverless architectures.
• Strong troubleshooting abilities across networking storage and compute layers in AWS.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience mentoring staff and fostering a collaborative learning-focused environment.
• Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
• Strong organizational skills capable of managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Ability to lead architectural reviews and navigate ambiguity in designing solutions to complex business problems

Preferred/Not Required

Provide any skills/experience that would be helpful for the candidate to possess but not required. Examples: Previous supervisory experience WebLogic experience helpful etc.

• AWS Professional-level certification (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional).
• Experience in a government or highly regulated environment (e.g. HIPAA CJIS IRS 1075 compliance).
• Knowledge of ITIL project management methodologies (e.g. PMP Agile) and enterprise IT governance frameworks.
• Familiarity with other public cloud providers and hybrid-cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of common scripting/programming languages (Python Bash PowerShell).