[Remote] Lead AWS Network Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MANTECH is seeking a motivated and customer-oriented Lead AWS Network Engineer to join their team in Virginia Beach, VA. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and securing high-traffic network systems for cloud connectivity, while also managing AWS network architectures and ensuring high availability and latency reduction.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable AWS network architectures including VPCs, Transit Gateways, and other AWS service offerings
- Implement and manage Network ACLs, Security Groups, AWS WAF, and AWS Network Firewall to protect against external threats
- Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu via robust CI/CD processes
- Optimize traffic flow using DISA IODYN, Elastic Load Balancing (ALB/NLB)
- Participate in Agile ceremonies as a member of a highly functioning Agile engineering team
- Use VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch, and Traffic Mirroring to diagnose bottlenecks and resolve outages
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other related STEM discipline and 12+ years of general IT experience, or an Associates degree and 14 years of general IT experience, or a High School Diploma and 16+ years of relevant general IT experience in lieu of degree
- Experience in VPC peering, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, and Endpoints
- Hands-on knowledge of OSI model, TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, and IPsec
- Must possess a DoD 8570 Computing Environment certification (ex. Sec+) and at minimum an associate-level AWS certification (ex. ASW CSAA)
- Experience and knowledge of DoW network architecture and paradigms (ex. BCAP, NIPR, SIPR, etc.)
- US Citizenship required and an active Secret clearance
- AWS Networking Specialty certification
- Extensive networking experience working with the US Navy in particular
- Experience automating cloud deployments/administration with tools like Terraform and/or Ansible
- 2+ years of Terraform experience
- Experience working with GitHub or similar system and Git to deploy infrastructure changes
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