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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond · 1 day ago

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Richmond, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$133K/yr - $183K/yr

10+ years exp

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is the nation's central bank, focused on strengthening and protecting the economic and financial systems. They are seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead consulting and development efforts for AWS cloud infrastructures, ensuring alignment with business requirements and industry best practices.

BankingFinancial Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead and involve in consulting activities, advisory and documentation tasks in partnership with NIT, Cloud Foundation Teams and various district stakeholders to meet the business requirements and goals

Collaborate with cloud teams and research business stakeholders to translate requirements and advise on efficient, cost-effective AWS-based solutions using industry standard Software Development Lifecycle practices

Guide & implement the selection and deployment of AWS services, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and security compliance requirements

Provide ongoing support, monitoring, and optimization of the internal cloud environment, including various compute and data environments

Serve as a subject matter expert on enterprise engineering best practices specific to cloud computing

Contribute to both the strategic planning and to the eventual solution build of a High Performance Computing (HPC) research platform

Leading, Consulting, designing, and implementing scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure AWS infrastructure and applications using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and AWS Cloud’s best practices

Automating the deployment, testing, and monitoring of applications through CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring and troubleshooting issues in production environments, leveraging AWS services like Amazon CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS IAM, AWS compute services like EC2, Parallel Cluster, AWS Lambda, ECS Fargate etc

Optimizing the performance, cost, and reliability of AWS-based applications; Collaborating with development teams to ensure that application code is compatible with the underlying infrastructure and cloud-native best practices

Implementing security and governance controls to ensure the integrity and compliance of the AWS environment

Continuously improving the DevSecOps processes and toolchain to enhance the overall efficiency and agility of the organization

Develops problem resolution for application software as needed. Conducts research and testing to determine cause and makes necessary corrections

Leads critical and highly technical/complex projects utilizing FRIT/System staff and resources

Follows and ensures adherence to technical standards for programming and design techniques. Trains System technical staff on use of software/hardware tools in accordance with required standards and procedures

Ensures compliance with internal audit requirements and Information Security Manual guidelines

Qualification

AWS Cloud EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD PipelinesAWS CertificationsCustomer Service SkillsTechnical CommunicationCross-Functional Collaboration

Required

10+ years experience pertaining to concepts and principles in functional area primarily AWS cloud engineering

Ability to act as a trusted advisor with broad audiences, both technical and nontechnical to present information in a credible, confident, and influential manner. Communicates in a concise, direct, and purposeful way

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related area required

Excellent customer service skills and demonstrated ability to interact with anticipated audiences in a courteous, service-oriented manner

Proven track record working effectively within large enterprise environments characterized by matrix reporting structures and cross-functional collaboration