Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS)

Think Tank, Inc.

Washington, DC

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Contractor
SKILLS
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Capacity Management, Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, Environmental Management, High Availability, Information Technology & Information Systems, Linux Operating System, Operating Systems, Operational Support, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Red Hat Linux Operating System, Security Infrastructure, Software Engineering, Software Patches, Systems Scalability
LOCATION
Washington, DC
POSTED
20 days ago

*Applicants must be US Citizens or permanent residents

*Hybrid Position in Washington DC

*Position is subject to contract award

*3 professional references required

Position Description

The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is responsible for managing and optimizing AWS infrastructure supporting FMS-NG. This role ensures system availability, scalability, and security while supporting operational continuity and performance optimization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in IT or related field
  • 10+ years of experience in infrastructure/cloud engineering
  • Hands-on AWS experience required
  • Strong knowledge of networking, Linux (RedHat), and security
  • AWS Solutions Architect certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, and CloudWatch
  • Perform infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning
  • Coordinate OS patching and maintenance activities
  • Support disaster recovery (DR) and continuity of operations (COOP)
  • Plan capacity and ensure high availability of systems
  • Implement security controls and infrastructure hardening
  • Coordinate downtime, upgrades, and environment management

About the Company

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Think Tank, Inc.