Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Custom Software Systems, Inc. (CSS) is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Systems Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and securing modern cloud-based solutions that support high-impact mission needs. This 100% onsite role in Washington, D.C. requires a seasoned technologist with deep expertise in application development, cloud engineering, and DevSecOps practices. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical leadership, hands-on cloud architecture skills, and a collaborative mindset to help drive the design, deployment, and optimization of secure, scalable cloud environments across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS platforms.Responsibilities Design and create custom build cloud applications  Develop software according to software development lifecycles (SDLCs), including DevOps, Agile, Lean, or Iterative.  Design, deploying, and migrating secure and maintainable systems for Infrastructure  as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) environment. Work with the development team to keep the various environments (dev, test, and prod) up to date with security and maintenance updates, monitoring the environments for issues, providing design suggestions for the environments, and supporting the automated deployments into the environments. Set up and configure DevSecOps for cloud environments  Partner with the cloud platform team and development team to build, manage, and enable  the underlying cloud infrastructure and platforms in support of a business application  development project. Clearance N/A Citizenship US Citizenship  Required Qualifications Ten (10) years of experience in the field of technology, including application development, five (5) of which focused on supporting cloud technologies.  Proficient in at least one high-level programming language such as Python, PowerShell, or Infrastructure as Code (AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Terraform, etc.).  DevOps, CI/CD pipelines and automation, containers, and related best practices for cloud deployment.  Service offerings in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and government platform experience preferred.  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Understanding cloud-based architecture, web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage. Experience with AWS Load Balancer.  Familiarity with loose coupling, stateless systems, and best practices for designing cloud-ready applications.  Understanding of cloud federation technologies such as SAML, Okta, OAuth, and  OpenID Connect and how to apply these technologies to enterprise and public-facing applications.  Understanding cloud vendor cost structures and the ability to optimize solutions for cost effectiveness.  Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud-ready architecture.  Understanding RESTful Web Services, XML, or JSON. Experience with AWS API Gateway.  Awareness of cloud information security risks and best practices, especially in a highly secure operating environment.  Familiarity with government cloud deployments (FedRAMP, FISMA, high security environments, etc.). Experience with Scrum framework, Agile engineering, Lean methodologies or DevOps. Experience with one or more of the following: system. development, software development, hardware development, or mission support. Experience working with DevOps CI/CD related technologies (Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Confluence, Sonar Lint, and J-Unit. Ability to work at the conceptual level and with program leads, customers, and internal teams to ensure successful system development, integration, and deployment. Experience analyzing cloud requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop cloud system specifications. Preferred Qualifications Experience with GitLab or Azure DevOps. Python 3.x data engineering with pandas, Databricks, or SPARK. Experience with direct configuration and management of AWS components, including  CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, RDS or Aurora, PostgresSQL, Lambda, Glue or MWAA (Airflow). Experience with designing or implementing cloud architectures for analytics/data processing/machine learning use-cases, such as data lakes, lake formations, etc.  Experience with containerization as a strategy for cloud-enabling legacy applications such as Docker and Kubernetes (AWS EKS, ECS, or Fargate preferred). Familiarity with the Well Architected Framework.  Experience defining platform requirements.  Experience integrating enterprise observability platforms such as Splunk.  Experience with Data Quality testing tooling (e.g., Great Expectations, Glue Data Quality). Certificates At least one of the following certifications or its equivalent preferred: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Cloud related (e.g., DevOps, Security, and/or ML) Education Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or IT related discipline.  Compensation & Benefits12 Wage Range: Negotiable General Benefits: Custom Software Systems, Inc. offers our employees a competitive benefits package that may include:  Health insurance plans  Health Savings Account (HSA) Dental Vision Long-term disability Short-term disability Basic term life insurance Supplemental term life insurance for employees, spouses, and dependents Simple IRA Parking/Commuting expense reimbursement Training/Education  Company DescriptionCompany Background:Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Custom Software Systems, Inc. (CSS) is a Woman-Owned (WOSB) and HUBZone certified small business. Built on a foundation of trusted client partnerships, CSS has fostered a stakeholder-centric yet disciplined approach to IT solutions development. This ensures our ability to consistently meet or exceed our customers' expectations. Benefits:CSS is a very employee oriented company knowing that well trained, professional associates are what make our company great. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes: paid holidays and paid time off; medical insurance that includes vision; dental insurance; company paid long and short-term disability and life insurance; a Simple IRA plan (similar to 401k); parking and commuter reimbursement. We also work with our employees on training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee, the client and CSS - a win-win-win strategy.Equal Opportunity Employer:CSS provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. CSS complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.CSS expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of CSS employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Salary : $63 - $85