Cloud Consultant

Scope Description Seeking a consultant (40 hours/week) with hands-on keyboard experience deploying Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Candidate must be available half time in person at Fort Meade. Responsibilities include: • Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for provisioning and configuring AWS services in non-production environments • Review conceptual architectural models on AWS services, identify constraints and dependencies, suggest alternatives, and help define evaluation criteria • Deliver general best practices for architecting on AWS services based on identified use cases • Review current architecture, dependencies, and operational requirements • Support AWS automation (building AMIs, system deployment, bootstrapping) and configuration for distributed high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) architectures • Provide architecture best practices for running workloads on AWS services • Support migration of applications to AWS services and automation of migration/post-migration activities in non-production environments • Deliver AWS best practices for cost and performance optimization • Support onboarding of a partner to manage daily Operations and Maintenance in GovCloud • Assess current enterprise cloud environments and identify future capabilities • Assess current common services and enterprise integration services, recommending future enhancements Skills Required • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional • CompTIA Security+ or equivalent • Experience developing AWS Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for automation of deployments into AWS GovCloud • Experience advising on AWS migration best practices, specifically for AWS GovCloud • Experience architecting applications in alignment with AWS best practices in AWS GovCloud • Experience working in DoD environments • Familiarity with DoD RMF/ATO requirements