Our Client, a Health Insurance company, is looking for a Principal Systems Engineer for their Reston, VA/Hybrid location. Responsibilities: + Manages, defines, designs, and develops system requirements. Performs trade-off analyses of performance, life-cycle cost, risk and other system or program requirements. + Assesses architecture. sub systems and current hardware limitations, defines and designs system specifications, and evaluates input/output processes and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility. + Defines system support requirements. + Analyzes and resolves program support deficiencies. + Conducts independent technical investigations in systems design. + Performs engineering studies and analyses, analyze system problems in support of development, develop system implementation solutions. + Develops concepts, provides requirements analyses, performs modeling and simulations, cost estimations, cost benefit analysis, familiar with engineering standards and industry best practices. + Conducts COTS hardware and software interoperability, new technologies assessments, statistical studies, predictive analysis, project planning, script development, etc. + Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines + 30% Identifies program objectives and technical development strategy; prepares System Engineering Management Plan, Work Breakdown Structures, master schedules, and key performance parameters. + Develops and implements risk and opportunity management plans, identifies risks, assesses risks, develops mitigation plans, disaster recovery and tracks risks. Oversee the planning, design and implementation of system engineering projects. + 20% Plan, develop and lead systems engineering project and efforts. + 15% Develop and implement techniques to prevent system problems, troubleshoots incidents to recover services, and support the root cause analysis. + Develops and follows standard operating procedures for common tasks to ensure quality of service. + 15% Manages customer and stakeholder needs, generates and develops requirements, and performs functional analysis. Fulfills business objectives by collaborating with network staff to ensure reliable software and systems. + 10% Acts as a mentor for junior and senior team members. + 5% Installs, tunes, upgrades, troubleshoots, and maintains all computer systems relevant to the supported applications including all necessary tasks to perform operating system administration, user account management, disaster recovery strategy and networking configuration. + 5% Expands engineering job knowledge and leading technologies by reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; educational opportunities and participating in professional societies. + Communicates Architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies, while highlighting short-term trade-offs vs. long-term commitments and costs + Engage in and improve the end-to-end Lifecycle of services, starting from Inception & design, deployment, and operations. + Establish automation capabilities leveraging Cloud native solutions, to improve the Developer experience. + Support activities, including System design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews. + Willingness to roll up the sleeves and troubleshoot difficult issues and engage the Customer. + Willingness to learn new AWS Services and other technologies as required. + Systems Scalability and sustainability leveraging automation and strive to improve our systems with changes that improve reliability and velocity. + Experience with Enterprise Cloud transformation and migration efforts. + Actively participate and help guide customers on using Cloud-native design and architecture patterns. + Provide Consultation on Technology infrastructure planning and engineering for assigned systems; Assesses the implications of technology strategies on infrastructure capabilities. + Establish strategies to migrate Legacy applications by conversion to multiple Microservices and hosting on AWS Cloud platform. + Leverage Cloud-native architecture components including Containers, immutable infrastructure, Microservices, Service Mesh etc., to build highly available and Fault tolerant applications. + Conduct research on the global technology trends and their applicability to FEPOC products in support of our internal development teams and business initiatives. + Promotes and ensures Modern application design, applies engineering best practices in the development and operations life cycle and mitigates vulnerabilities. + Monitors and manages the Stability, Availability, and Performance of enterprise systems and platforms across IT domains. + o (e.g., Systems, Network, Storage, Security) by analyzing systems to identify problems, trends, and opportunities for improvement. + Automate end to end process to maintain (patches and upgrades) of our AWS Cloud ecosystem. + Makes data-driven recommendations and decisions and continuously improves the overall efficacy and efficiency of our software delivery capabilities. + Mentoring peers as well as engaging with others across teams and socializing solutions. Requirements + Excellent communication skills both written and verbal. + The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. + Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. + Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging. + AWS Cloud certifications, minimum of One is required. + FinOps Certification is a Plus. + 10+ years of overall experience in IT including hands-on Development and Systems engineering background. + Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field; master’s degree preferred. + [5-10] years of experience in cloud engineering and automation, with a focus on AWS cloud services. + Minimum of 8-10 years of IT experience of which at least 5 years must be in AWS Cloud Automation and Administration. + 3-5 years of experience in a Site Reliability Engineering role + In-depth knowledge of AWS services and solutions, including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch. + Strong understanding of cloud architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices for building scalable, resilient, and secure cloud environments. + Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation. + Exposure to Artificial intelligence patterns and engineering of AWS solutions. Good knowledge of leveraging Amazon Kendra, Lambda, Bedrock, Rag models etc. + Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership skills, with the ability to effectively interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders. + Minimum of 1 AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer is required. + Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment preferred. + 3+ years of experience with implementation of Containerization (Kubernetes), Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or Google, etc.), DevOps tool chain (Jenkins, Artifactory, bitbucket, etc.), and technical patterns (IaC, Automated Provisioning/Release, CI/CD, etc.) + Solid understanding of Software coding techniques and experience with + Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and serverless computing is a plus. + full spectrum of Software engineering (Build, Integration, Test, Releasing and Deployment) leveraging Python. + Experience in Developing and/or challenging engineering solutions/practices and collaborating with peers within and outside of immediate team, including customers (Developers, Architects, and Engineers) + In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience. + The incumbent is required to immediately disclose any debarment, exclusion, or other event that makes them ineligible to perform work directly or indirectly on Federal health care programs. Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. + Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence. + Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging. Preferred Qualifications: + Seeking experienced and dynamic AWS Cloud Platform Automation Engineer to provide hands-on technical experience to codify our AWS footprint, including Security and Guardrails. + As an AWS Cloud Platform Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and integrating our cloud platform resources on Amazon Web Services (AWS). + You will collaborate with a team of talented cloud engineers and technology teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions that support our company's growth and innovation. + Previous Linux System administration is required. + Must have strong hands-on knowledge of AWS platform and services but not limited to VPC, Subnets, NACLs, Security Groups, EC2, S3, IAM, ELBs, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EKS etc. + Must Have Hands on current Implementation and Production level experience AWS Cloud. + Hands on experience with Automation and Infrastructure Provisioning is a must –Our goal is to only provision infrastructure with Code, and Policy As Code. + Must be well versed in writing Terraform plans, Ansible playbooks, and Python code. + Experience with AWS Cloud Formation and CDK is required. + Current and actual Production level experience with Terraform and Ansible is Required. + Other experience with different automation tools and languages instead of Python to code infrastructure for automation is acceptable. + Must have hands on experience in writing Lambda functions preferably in Python (Boto3). + Must be well versed in writing Linux Bash scripts. + Minimum of One AWS certification is required. + Hands-on experience with Containers, Amazon EKS, or ECS is a big plus. + A great understanding of various DevOps toolchains, including Git/repo, Crucible, Jenkins etc. + Solid understanding and experience with a CI/CD tool chain. + Experience programming with one or more languages: Python, Java, Groovy, Go, etc. + Strong skills and experience in at least one: Ansible, and Terraform, AWS Cloud formation, CDK. + Docker or other OCI-certified containers- is a Plus + Experience with Kubernetes, AWS EKS, AWS ECS is a plus. + CNI Plugins: Calico, Flannel, Weave Net etc. + Service Mesh: Istio, AWS App Mesh, OpenShift Service Mesh etc. + Container Security Tools: Twistlock, Sysdig, Aqua etc. is a plus, + Platform Monitoring, Observability, & Performance Tools: Nginx, New Relic, AppDynamics, Data Dog, Thanos, Jaeger, LogDNA, etc. + DevOps Tools: Git/Repo, Crucible, Bitbucket, Jira, Ansible, Puppet, Jenkins, Circleci, Bamboo, Maven, Artifactory, Nexus etc. Other Required Skills: + Understanding of Cloud Native Architecture + Linux, Shell scripting, and general admin skills + Network, Security, Plugins, & Storage Skills AWS skills: + EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, IAM, VPC, Lambda etc. + Cloud and DevOps certifications, e.g., AWS Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) + Knowledge of programming languages and web-based technologies. + Ability to collaborate to solve technical problems across teams. Why Should You Apply? + Health Benefits + Referral Program + Excellent growth and advancement opportunities As an equal opportunity employer, ICONMA provides an employment environment that supports and encourages the abilities of all persons without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or express, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability status, political affiliation, genetics, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.