Nightwing Information Technology is seeking Cloud Platform Engineers to help operate, develop, and improve our network and server/application infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and Azure. You’ll work in a rapidly changing, fastpaced environment supporting 20+ applications across three distinct networks, each with its own data protection, connectivity, and support model. In this role, you will build secure, scalable, and costoptimized cloud environments that empower our development and operations teams. 
  

 
Key Responsibilities 

• Use and develop automation (Ansible roles, Terraform modules, Packer, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, AWS CLI) to provision and configure servers, services, applications, and security controls. 

• Setup and maintain applications in AWS GovCloud and commercial, utilizing Dev/Production environments 

• Manage AWS specific resources much as VPCs, EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Control Tower, and LZA 

• Lead technical projects, working with team members and inter-departmental groups to plan, execute, and deliver new features or capabilities 

• Follow best practices for disaster recovery/business continuity in server, network, and security design 

• Manage Linux and Windows servers, following best practices for logging, monitoring, and system maintenance 

• Provide expertise and support for IT Operational management of security monitoring, compliance, and auditing tools 

  
Required Skills and Experience 

• 6 Years of Experience in IT (Operations, Security, or Development), or DevOps 

• 4+ Years of experience with Linux System Administration 

• Familiar with Windows System Administration 

• 1+ Years of experience with networking (TCP/IP, switching, routers, firewalls, etc) 

• 1+ Years of experience running services within AWS or another cloud provider (Azure, etc) 

• Architecting new services using AWS resources 

• Troubleshooting resources (Load balancers, Autoscaling groups, security groups) 

• Familiarity with IAC automation and configuration management tools to manage and deploy servers and applications (Ansible, Terraform, Cloudformation, Packer,  Python, Bash, Powershell, etc) 

• Familiarity with source code management of any code/scripts/documentation used for automation (git, GitLab, BitBucket)  

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Strong sense of accountability to meet work deadlines and support sprint goals 

• Must be a U.S Citizen 

  
Desired Skills and Experiences 

• Experience developing automated solutions utilizing  docker-compose and Helm 

• Familiarity with multi-account AWS architecture (Organizations, Control Tower) 

• Familiarity with with multi-account Microsoft Azure (Sovereign Cloud Architecture) 

• Experience working with containerized applications using Docker and/or Kubernetes 

• Experience developing CI/CD pipelines for delivery and testing of services/applications 

• Experience within AWS GovCloud 

• Professional Certifications such as: AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Linux+, Security+, CCNA 

• Required Education 
  Bachelor of Science Degree in a related engineering field; OR  

• 6 additional years of Engineering, Computer or Information Science applicable professional experience in lieu of degree.