Job Title: AWS Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Location: Reston, VA
Employment Type: Full-time
About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving the most complex business, and IT challenges of our global clients.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
- 5+ years of hands-on experience engineering cloud platforms
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure engineering and automation in enterprise or mission-critical environments.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including IP addressing, CIDR notation, subnetting, routing, DNS, load balancing, and connectivity patterns.
- Practical experience designing and supporting AWS VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, Network ACLs, and related network security controls.
- Strong Python development skills, specifically for infrastructure, networking, security, or operational automation.
- Experience using AWS Lambda to build serverless automation and event-driven workflows.
- Hands-on experience with DynamoDB and its use within AWS automation solutions.
- Experience with AWS messaging and event services such as SNS, SQS, and Event Bridge.
- Working knowledge of ECS, containers, and container-based deployment patterns.
- Strong experience with AWS CloudFormation, including the creation and maintenance of reusable templates.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code formats and tools such as Terraform, JSON, and YAML.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines with AWS Code Commit, Code Build, and Code Pipeline.
- Ability to automate network provisioning, routing changes, security group management, logging, and network security processes.
- Understanding of cloud identity, access management, encryption, secure configuration, and least-privilege principles.
- Experience designing resilient and highly available platforms, including failover and recovery strategies.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex AWS networking, connectivity, deployment, and infrastructure issues.
- Familiarity with Shell scripting and AWS Step Functions is beneficial.
- Experience working within Agile engineering teams.
- Strong written communication and technical documentation skills.
- Ability to work effectively across cloud, networking, cybersecurity, platform engineering, and operations teams.
- Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy.
