AWS DevOPS Engineer

AETOS LLC is a Minority Owned CVE Certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing information technology solutions focused on building a business that is customer-centered and performance-oriented. At Aetos, we specialize in developing IT solutions to optimize functionality and efficiencies for government and commercial clients to meet their business needs.

We are seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting Texas Health and Human Services Commission.  The candidate will assist HHSC staff in supporting the State Health Analytics and Reporting Platform (SHARP) project.  SHARP is intended to expand the capacity of current DSHS analytical infrastructure. An integrated approach to data services will aid in providing the most current data to inform decision makers about the health and readiness statuses of jurisdictions across the state.   SHARP aims to create a data analytics platform plus data governance with Informatica Axon. The SHARP platform will facilitate the sharing, reporting, and analytics of the data collected from various ingested datasets. 

HHSC IT is currently implementing an Analytics Platform with Informatica PowerCenter, Snowflake and AWS technologies as well as Informatica Axon Data Governance with a goal to accomplish increased analytical velocity. Job responsibilities include:                                                                

•  Create, implement, and manage the development of scripts to automate everyday operations

•  Monitor and maintain multiple (DevOps) environments for increase observability

•  Coordinate system migrations and system upgrades working with agency's public cloud manager.

•  Develop tools to continuously improve maintainability, monitoring, security and scalability of cloud deployments.

•  Operations support and enhancement of the SHARP platform

Required:

• 8 yrs experience with planning, architecting, and implementing AWS Cloud environments.
• 4 yrs experience providing AWS Management Services experience (CloudWatch, ELB, EC2, CloudTrail and AWS Config), AWS workspaces, and AWS directory Services.
• 4 yrs experience creating, implementing, and managing the development of scripts to automate everyday operations.
• 4 yrs experience providing continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment tools and processes.
• 4 yrs demonstrated experience with Linux administration and troubleshooting activities.
• 2 yrs experience effectively manage multiple responsibilities, prioritize conflicting assignments, and switch quickly between assignments, as required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Business or equivalent experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred:

• Experience working in an agile sprint team.
• Prior experience with an HHS agency.
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer. 

The primary work location will be Winters C Building, 701 w 51st St, Austin, Texas 78751. Due to COVID, the team is currently teleworking and will continue to do so until further instruction.  The worker may be required to work remotely at HHSC discretion, up to 100 percent of the time.