Cloud Engineer (Infrastructure) in McLean

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Job DescriptionJob Description

Infrastructure Cloud Engineer

HIGHLIGHTS

Location: Wilmington, NC or Mclean, VA (Hybrid) 
Position Type: Contract to Hire 
Pay: $75-$85/hr

Job Summary

Our client is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Infrastructure Cloud Engineer to join our team. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the reliability, scalability, and performance of our client's cloud-based systems hosted in AWS. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, operations teams, and other stakeholders to enhance system reliability and developer productivity through automation, monitoring, and incident response.

Responsibilities          

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding solutions to ensure system health and uptime.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Terraform (Terragrunt), CDK and CloudFormation
• Implement CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and improve development workflows.
• Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes to prevent recurring issues.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness in collaboration with engineering teams.
• Drive infrastructure improvements and advocate for best practices in system design and operations.
• Establish and manage disaster recovery plans, ensuring system availability during unexpected events.

Minimum Education

• Computer Science

Education

• Master’s degree in computer science

Minimum Experience              

• 5 years

• Experience 8 years

Minimum Skills           

•             Argo CD and Argo Workflows

•             IaC: Terraform and Terragrunt

•             Kubernetes and Linkerd

•             AWS (EKS, Fargate, Aurora)

•             Security and Compliance

•             Containerization (Docker)

•             Logging and Monitoring Tools

•             Programming Scripting

•             DB Management

•             Version Control (Git)

•             Incident Management

Skills            

•             Experience with Datadog

•             Experience with Cloudflare

•             Mortgage Domain Knowledge

•             Advanced Security Practices (GuardDuty, Security Hub)

•             Disaster Recovery Planning

•             Experience with workflow automation tools such as Camunda

Minimum Certification(s)     

• AWS Associate (Solutions Architect)

Certification(s)      

• AWS Professional (DevOps Engineer)

"We are GTN – The Go To Network"

Company DescriptionWho We Are
GTN is the leader in technical staffing, leveraging innovation to drive next- recruiting to Fortune 2000 companies.

What We Do
We provide Scalable Technical Staffing solutions encompassing SOW, staff augmentation, and direct hire placement for Fortune 2000 companies, with niche service offerings in Cyber Security, Digital, Field Services, and Professional Services. Our recruiting teams are specialized, certified, and have endured rigorous technical boot camps and ongoing required educational courses and meetups.

What Proof We Have
We have experience in scalable IT Staffing since the year 2000. Our IT experts have helped Fortune 2000 corporations embrace the cybersecurity and digital space, with many of our experts remaining on contract with clients for 8+ years. Our staffing experts have been engaged to speak at cybersecurity conferences, and our teams are certified and specialize in divisions focused around cyber, digital, field, and professional services.

Why People Want It
Our valueCompany DescriptionWho We Are\r\nGTN is the leader in technical staffing, leveraging innovation to drive next- recruiting to Fortune 2000 companies.\r\n\r\nWhat We Do\r\nWe provide Scalable Technical Staffing solutions encompassing SOW, staff augmentation, and direct hire placement for Fortune 2000 companies, with niche service offerings in Cyber Security, Digital, Field Services, and Professional Services. Our recruiting teams are specialized, certified, and have endured rigorous technical boot camps and ongoing required educational courses and meetups.\r\n\r\nWhat Proof We Have\r\nWe have experience in scalable IT Staffing since the year 2000. Our IT experts have helped Fortune 2000 corporations embrace the cybersecurity and digital space, with many of our experts remaining on contract with clients for 8+ years. Our staffing experts have been engaged to speak at cybersecurity conferences, and our teams are certified and specialize in divisions focused around cyber, digital, field, and professional services.\r\n\r\nWhy People Want It\r\nOur value

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