Description

AWS Cloud Automation & Administration Engineer

Client: CareFirst BCBS FEPOC
Duration: 12+ Months Contract
Location: Hybrid – Reston, VA / Washington, DC (Meetings a few times per month)
Interview: In-Person Interview Blitz (Reston, VA) – Local candidates preferred
 

Job Summary

CareFirst BCBS FEPOC is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Automation & Administration Engineer to join its Cloud Platform Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience designing, implementing, automating, and supporting enterprise AWS cloud environments while driving infrastructure automation, platform engineering, and cloud transformation initiatives.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on AWS platform administration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall IT experience
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on AWS Cloud Engineering/Administration experience
• Strong AWS Platform Engineering and Automation experience
• AWS Certification (Mandatory)
• 2–3+ years of Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
• Python scripting experience
• Linux Administration and Shell Scripting
• CI/CD using Jenkins
• Kubernetes & Docker experience
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience (3–5 years preferred)

Required AWS Skills

• EC2
• S3
• IAM
• VPC
• Lambda
• CloudWatch
• CloudTrail
• EKS
• ELB
• Direct Connect
• Security Groups
• Networking
• Subnets
• NACLs

Automation & DevOps

• Terraform
• Ansible
• AWS CloudFormation
• AWS CDK
• Python
• Bash Shell Scripting
• Jenkins
• Git
• Bitbucket
• Artifactory
• CI/CD Pipelines

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and administer enterprise AWS Cloud infrastructure.
• Build Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Develop cloud automation using Python, Lambda, and Bash scripting.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) environments.
• Support enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor cloud platform stability, availability, and performance.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Collaborate with architects, developers, security teams, and infrastructure teams.
• Support disaster recovery, automation, and cloud governance initiatives.
• Mentor engineering team members and promote cloud engineering best practices.

Preferred Experience

• AWS Cloud Platform Engineering
• Platform Engineering
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Kubernetes
• Containerization
• Cloud Automation
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Enterprise Cloud Migration
• Cloud Security
• DevOps
• Cloud Native Architecture

Interview Process

• Interview Blitz (In-Person) – Reston, VA
• Local candidates or candidates who can attend the in-person interview will receive first priority.
• A second virtual round may be conducted if required.

Candidate Submission Requirements

Please share the following:

• Updated Resume
• Visa Status
• Current Location
• Availability for In-Person Interview (Reston, VA)
• AWS Certification Details
• LinkedIn Profile
• Expected Rate (C2C)
• Earliest Joining Availability

Key Skills

Education

Masters