What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Engineer position at VT Group (VTG)?
Overview
VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team in Herndon, VA and/or Springfield, VA.
What will you do?
VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team in Herndon, VA and/or Springfield, VA.
What will you do?
- Design and implement enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK and Infrastructure as Code principles
- Architect and develop robust microservices architectures with focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Build and optimize data engineering pipelines for large-scale data processing and analytics workloads
- Lead full-stack development initiatives using modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Python frameworks
- Implement advanced cloud-native solutions leveraging serverless architectures and event-driven patterns
- Drive technical excellence through code reviews, architectural decisions, and engineering best practices
- Solve complex technical challenges across distributed systems and provide innovative solutions to business problems
- TS/SCI with Poly required with current Customer eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts
- Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed
- 7 years of professional software engineering experience with cloud-first development approach
- 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS CDK for Infrastructure as Code
- 3 years building complex, reusable CDK constructs and stacks
- 3 years implementing multi-environment deployment strategies using CDK
- 4 years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes in government environments
- Implementation of NIST 800-53 controls and FedRAMP compliance requirements
- Security automation and continuous compliance monitoring
- 3 years of experience with advanced data analytics and machine learning platforms
- AWS SageMaker, Databricks, or similar ML/AI platforms
- Model deployment and MLOps pipeline development
- Database expertise across multiple platforms
- Performance tuning and optimization for RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB
- Data modeling for both relational and NoSQL databases
- DevSecOps and security automation experience
- Integration of security scanning tools (SonarQube, Snyk, Checkmarx)
- Secrets management and secure coding practices
- System design and architecture experience
- Designing for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity
- Performance optimization and cost management strategies
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools
- CloudWatch, DataDog, New Relic, or Prometheus/Grafana stacks
- Distributed tracing and application performance monitoring
- Leadership experience in technical environments
- Leading cross-functional teams and technical initiatives
- Experience with agile methodologies and project delivery
- Additional programming language proficiency (Go, Java, C#)
- Open source contribution history and active participation in technical communities