AWS DevOps Engineer at Vaco, LLC
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
About the Job
Position Responsibilities
- Support the strategic direction and the design of technology, infrastructure, software, and communications and networking systems, including the implementation and integration of external and internal business processing systems and applications
- Hands on experience troubleshooting and maintaining EKS. We don’t need a person who wants to focus on architecting solutions although there will be some involvement in these activities within the team.
- Experienced with AWS API Gateway. Troubleshooting and creating new endpoints. Experience with WAF is a plus!
- Provide on-call support after-hours, weekend, and outside of general working hours for the Digital Bank operations; emphasis on MKS and EKS
- Deploy, manage, and operate an AWS multi-account environment
- Work alongside Systems and Development teams to support the transition and operation of applications in and out of AWS
- Identify appropriate use of AWS operational best practices
- Estimate AWS costs and identifying operational cost control mechanisms
- Proactively keep management up to date on AWS services and developments
- Create (where appropriate) automation to streamline provisioning and de-provisioning processes
- Be a technical resource on data/service migration projects
- Assist contract and in-house staff on AWS administrative tasks
- Configuration of the AWS cloud management; configure and fine-tune the cloud infrastructure systems; monitoring and managing cloud services carefully
- Understand AWS metrics and monitoring resources
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of high-quality documentation (primarily Visio diagrams) for relevant specifications, systems, policies, procedures, and plans as they pertain to IT
- Integrate and work with third-party hardware, software, and service vendor relationships
- Promote cybersecurity awareness, assist in training, testing, and the use of best practices
- Ability to turn work around quickly and accurately. Someone who is self-motivated, eager to learn and figure out issues.
- 5+ years of Systems Administration experience with AWS required
- Expertise managing security within an AWS master payer account environment and for Linux systems required. This includes implementing security groups and network ACLs, configuring Linux server security, and experience with AWS security services like AWS Shield, Detective, Security Hub, WAF, and especially IAM
- Expertise building, deploying, and maintaining AWS microservices (MKS/Kafka) applications on Kubernetes using EKS
- Experience in configuring, managing, and monitoring AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall), including AWS-managed and custom rules
- High comfort level running command-line operations preferred
- Experience building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments
- Experience developing and maintaining network and systems diagrams and documentation
- Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
- Highly organized and efficient, able to work with all levels of staff in all bank areas
- Detail-oriented, a team player with excellent time management skills
- Must be able to adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions
- Proven ability to meet deadlines while thoroughly completing projects and assignments.
- Experience with Database administration (SQL, MariaDB/MySQL, Amazon RDS, Aurora) is a plus
- Experience deploying and maintaining AWS multi-account infrastructure (AWS Config, AWS CloudFormation StackSets)
- Knowledge of monitoring and auditing systems in AWS (CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Cost Explorer, Systems Manager)
- Familiar with AWS networking services (VPC, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Route Tables, Subnets, Security Groups, Load Balancers)
- Experience deploying and maintaining Infrastructure as Code with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) using YAML, JSON, CloudFormation, and CDK. Comparable experience with Terraform is also considered
- Experience in developing, deploying, and managing AWS Lambda functions
- 3 years of system administration for Enterprise Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux/CentOS) required
- Comfortable troubleshooting and writing Bash scripts or Python
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, relevant experience required
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Privacy Notice
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
