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Please find below new requirement.
Title/Role: AWS SME
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: At least 1 Years from projected start date
Worksite address: Clinton, Mississippi 39211
Work Arrangement: Hybrid, must be willing to report onsite once per month. NOT 100% REMOTE
Onsite Required.
Hybrid - must be onsite at least one week per month. Do NOT submit remote candidates. Start off with one year duration but likely to extend.
Required Skills/Experience
Provide the minimum required skills and/or experience the contractor must possess to qualify for this position. These requirements will be transferred to the Score Sheet and candidates without these requirements reflected on their resume will NOT be presented to the manager for consideration.
Provide any skills/experience that would be helpful for the candidate to possess but not required. Examples: Previous supervisory experience, WebLogic experience helpful, etc.
Please find below new requirement.
Title/Role: AWS SME
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: At least 1 Years from projected start date
Worksite address: Clinton, Mississippi 39211
Work Arrangement: Hybrid, must be willing to report onsite once per month. NOT 100% REMOTE
Onsite Required.
Hybrid - must be onsite at least one week per month. Do NOT submit remote candidates. Start off with one year duration but likely to extend.
Required Skills/Experience
Provide the minimum required skills and/or experience the contractor must possess to qualify for this position. These requirements will be transferred to the Score Sheet and candidates without these requirements reflected on their resume will NOT be presented to the manager for consideration.
- Deep knowledge of key AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Experience leading cloud migrations or implementations in a complex multi-account environment
- Strong network troubleshooting abilities to help resolve connectivity issues both inside the AWS cloud environment and ingressing/egressing to the State's on premises environment.
- Familiarity with AWS Landing Zone implementations and management using AWS Landing Zone Accelerator
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience implementing security best practices (e.g., IAM policies, encryption, network segmentation, and SCPs).
- Familiarity with DevOps principles, containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS), and serverless architectures.
- Strong troubleshooting abilities across networking, storage, and compute layers in AWS.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven experience mentoring staff and fostering a collaborative, learning-focused environment.
- Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.
- Strong organizational skills, capable of managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to lead architectural reviews and navigate ambiguity in designing solutions to complex business problems
Provide any skills/experience that would be helpful for the candidate to possess but not required. Examples: Previous supervisory experience, WebLogic experience helpful, etc.
- AWS Professional-level certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional).
- Experience in a government or highly regulated environment (e.g., HIPAA, CJIS, IRS 1075 compliance).
- Knowledge of ITIL, project management methodologies (e.g., PMP, Agile), and enterprise IT governance frameworks.
- Familiarity with other public cloud providers and hybrid-cloud environments.
- Working knowledge of common scripting/programming languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell).