Principal Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:Kforce has a client in Chantilly, VA that is seeking a Principal Senior AWS Cloud Engineer for a career opportunity located onsite in Chantilly, VA. Responsibilities: In this role, the Principal Senior AWS Cloud Engineer will design and implement secure network solutions that meet customer requirements Assume a technical role in the administration and management of infrastructure solutions that are deployed in AWS in accordance with Security Guidelines Use AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) to deploy, troubleshoot and customize cloud resources The Principal Senior AWS Cloud Engineer will design, customize, and document services based on COTS products using Agile development approaches and methodologies Installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting applications and servers Performing operating system and software installation, testing, patching and upgrades Monitoring the Heath of internal environment and connections Research new technologies that are applicable to current projects and make recommendations to improve performance, optimize operations, and reduce costs As a Principal Senior AWS Cloud Engineer, this role will assist with AWS technical designs and documentationREQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in the fields of computer science, computer engineering, or any related field Must possess the required DoD Directive 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification Minimum of 10 years of relevant technical experience Knowledge of AWS user, security, and networking configurations Experience managing enterprise scale solutions that leverage the following AWS Services: EC2, S3, CloudFormation, RDS, CloudFront, VPC, Route53, IAM, CloudWatch, Beanstalk, Lambda, etc. DevOps experience of management of work within Sprint and Increment Planning Working knowledge of JIRA, Git and Confluence Ability to understand requirements (user stories) received and plan a workable solution that meets the customers need Experience scripting against AWS CLI Strong debugging experience Understanding the needs for new initiative to build scalable, distributed, and high-performance cloud environment Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified informationThe pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.