Systems AWS Platform Engineer
Job Family:
Systems Engineering Travel Required:
Up to 10% Clearance Required:
Ability to Obtain Public Trust What You Will Do:
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Build and maintain a self-service application delivery platform for AWS workloads.
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Design reusable Jenkins shared libraries and pipeline standards.
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Create Terraform module stacks for ECS, S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM, and related AWSservices.
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Define the YAML-based application contract used by application teams.
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Implement promotion workflows, approvals, drift prevention, and environment separation.
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Partner with developers, security, and operations to deliver secure golden paths.
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Design and develop end-to-end Jenkins Declarative and Scripted pipelines using Groovy to automate seamless code promotion from development through to production environments.
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Build Terraform modules and root-module compositions for multi-service applications.
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Support ECS Fargate and optional AWS capabilities such as S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM.
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Standardize build, test, deploy, and approval workflows.
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Establish Terraform state and environment management practices.
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Create documentation, templates, and onboarding guides for application teams.
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Improve reliability, observability, security, and cost efficiency.
What You Will Need:
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Bachelor’s degree or additional FOUR (4) years experience in Lieu of degree
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Four (4) to Ten (10) years Platform Development experience
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Strong AWS experience, especially ECS, IAM, S3, SQS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudWatch.
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Hands-on Terraform experience, including module design and backend/state management.
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Jenkins pipeline expertise, preferably shared libraries and multibranch pipelines.
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Experience creating reusable platform abstractions for multiple services.
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Good scripting ability in Bash or Python.
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Understanding of SDLC, deployment strategies, and release governance.
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Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse . Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
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Experience designing IDP (Internal developer platforms).
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Experience with Spring Boot or containerized Java services.
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Experience with approval gates, policy enforcement, and environment promotion.
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Experience with multi-account AWS design.
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Familiarity with event-driven architectures and asynchronous patterns.
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Experience onboarding application teams to shared tooling.
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Experience supporting ServiceNow-based low-code applications.
The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
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Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
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Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
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Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
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Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Care.com annual membership
- Employee Assistance Program
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Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
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Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
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