About this role
<p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Job Title: Specialist, Software Engineering (AWS Cloud)</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Job Code: 39552</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Job Location: Melbourne, FL</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every other Friday off)</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"><br>Job Description:</span></strong></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in -0.25pt;text-indent:-0.5pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">The GGSS Cloud team leverages Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) in delivering modern solutions to support customer operations and information management services. We value a strong knowledge of software development best practices and experience delivering & deploying Cloud-ready applications and services. Seeking experienced Software Engineers to join our dynamic team, focusing on operating, maintaining, and sustaining an AWS cloud operational system.<span style="color:black;background-color:white"> </span></span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"><br><strong>Essential Functions:</strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Monitor and implement updates from AWS and third-party suppliers</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Maintain and enhance our Kubernetes-based cloud architecture </span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Utilize Python, Java or C++ programming languages</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Support Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions including single sign on, active directory, or Keycloak</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Assist in cloud migration of applications</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Write and maintain comprehensive documentation for developers, administrators, and operators</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Ensuring consistency across the baseline (version tagging, naming schemes)</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Leverage networking principles and security best practices in an AWS cloud environment</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Design and code new software or modify existing software to add new features</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Ability to obtain a High-Risk NOAA Public Trust clearance.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"> </p> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Qualifications:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Experience developing and deploying containerized applications using Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or equivalent.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Experience with Linux environments, including scripting, configuration, and software deployment.</span></li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CDK, OpenTofu, Cloud Formation).</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"><br>Preferred Additional Skills:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Familiarity with Agile workflow tools and collaborative version‑control practices (Git, JIRA, Confluence, etc.)</span></li> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Experience with container observability tools such as Prometheus, PromQL, and Grafana </span></li> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Experience with Helm charts and Kubernetes package management</span></li> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Experience with monitoring and logging solutions (Splunk, CloudWatch, etc.)</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:normal;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:#1c2127">Experience with iterative software development processes (Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)</span></li> </ul> <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate</span></li> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)</span></li> <li style="color:#1c2127;margin-bottom:0.0in;line-height:normal;background-color:white;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif">AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Associate</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:white">#LI-KB1</span></p>