Job Description
About the position
Cogent People Inc. is seeking a motivated Cloud Infrastructure Specialist (AWS) Jr. Level to design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting a large scale program for the federal government, ensuring high availability and performance. This role includes infrastructure provisioning and monitoring, enforcement of security best practices, systems administration, and DevSecOps.
- Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Manage and troubleshoot Linux-based systems
- Implement and maintain monitoring solutions for cloud resources
- Perform system administration tasks and optimize performance
- Collaborate with development teams to support CI/CD pipelines
- Ensure security best practices are followed in cloud environments
- Participate in on-call rotations for incident response
- Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in:
- AWS (VPC, S3, EC2, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation)
- IaC tools (Terraform)
- Linux ā system administration, shell scripting, performance tuning
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, New Relic, Splunk
- Networking fundamentals: VPNs, DNS, load balancing, firewalls
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions
- Scripting: bash, Python
- Git
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively within teams.
- Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail, multi-tasking ability, and effective time management.
- Candidates must have lived in the U.S. for at least 3 of the past 5 years and be authorized to work in the U.S. (Citizen, Permanent Resident, or EAD).
- Public Trust Clearance (or ability to obtain)
- Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Comprehensive coverage.
- 401(k) Plan: Matching contributions.
- Life Insurance & Disability Coverage: Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
- Paid Time Off: 3 weeks of PTO annually, plus 10 holidays.
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