Cloud Platform Engineer || Chesterfield, VA - Onsite Interview Local

[Sandy Mishra]

Platform Engineer

• FULLY ONSITE in Chesterfield, VA 23235
• Interview is ONSITE
• GC USC
• Length of contract is 8 months with potential extensions

 

Cloud Platform Engineering & Core Infrastructure

• Build and operate foundational AWS services including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/VPN, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, and ECS/EKS.
• Implement secure, scalable compute, storage, and networking patterns aligned with Landing Zone architecture.
• Deploy and manage container platforms (ECS Fargate, EKS, or Kubernetes variants) supporting modernization of legacy middleware.
• Build platform services such as service mesh, API gateways, logging pipelines, and centralized monitoring.
• Implement secrets management, encryption, and secure service?to?service communication.
• Support migration of VMware, Windows, Linux, and middleware workloads into AWS using standardized platform patterns.
• Ensure platform components meet CJIS, COV, and Zero Trust requirements for authentication, authorization, logging, and auditability.
• Apply AI?assisted observability, anomaly detection, and predictive alerting to improve platform reliability.

Infrastructure as Code, Automation & Self?Service Enablement

• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible for AWS and hybrid environments.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules, CloudFormation templates, and platform blueprints for consistent provisioning.
• Implement Git?based IaC workflows with automated plan/apply pipelines (GitHub, GitLab, Azure Repos).
• Automate provisioning of accounts, networks, compute, and platform services using AWS Service Catalog, AFT, or custom automation.
• Implement drift detection and automated remediation using Terraform Cloud/Enterprise, Atlantis, or AWS native tools.
• Build runbook automation using AWS Systems Manager, Ansible Automation Platform.
• Enable self?service provisioning for application teams through templates, catalogs, and automation workflows.
• Use generative AI to accelerate IaC creation, documentation, and operational runbook generation.

 

Observability, Operations & Reliability Engineering

• Build centralized logging, metrics, and tracing pipelines using CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, Elastic Stack, or Datadog.
• Implement alerting, incident response workflows, and operational dashboards for platform services.
• Support SRE practices including SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, and blameless incident reviews.
• Implement automated health checks, scaling policies, and resilience patterns for platform workloads.
• Integrate platform services with CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent deployment and operational readiness.
• Apply AI/ML for log correlation, predictive scaling, and automated incident triage.
• Maintain platform runbooks, operational standards, and architecture decision records.

What You Bring
Required

• Hands?on experience building and operating AWS infrastructure (networking, compute, storage, IAM, monitoring).
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.
• Experience with container platforms (ECS, EKS, or Kubernetes).
• Experience automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Familiarity with hybrid networking (Direct Connect, VPN, Transit Gateway).
• Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and observability tooling.
• Understanding of security controls, secrets management, and compliance frameworks (CJIS, COV, FedRAMP, or similar).
• Experience supporting application teams through platform services or self?service tooling.

Preferred

• Experience with a broad range of AWS services, including CloudFront, S3, Cloud Map, DataSync, CloudTrail, AppMesh, SQS, GuardDuty, AWS Inspector, Route 53, Security Groups, Subnets, Network ACLs, WAF, IAM, and VPC Endpoints.
• Experience migrating legacy middleware (JBoss/WebLogic) to containers or AWS services.
• Experience with service mesh, API gateways, or event?driven architectures.
• Experience with AFT, AWS Service Catalog.
• Experience with VMware?to?AWS migration patterns.
• Background in SRE, reliability engineering, or platform operations.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), or CompTIA Security+ or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

Sandy M | 1Point System LLC

Lead Technical Recruiter
• Email: sa...@1pointsys.com 

• Fax: 803-832-7973 • www.1pointsys.com
115 Stone Village Drive • Suite C • Fort Mill, SC • 29708

LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandy-m-74b06b212/

 

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