Cloud (AWS) Engineer (DevOps Manager)
Cloud (AWS) Engineer (DevOps Manager) Location: Remote Job: Cloud (AWS) Engineer (DevOps Manager) Schedule: Full-time Shift: Day Job JOB DESCRIPTION Description AcisTek is seeking qualified professionals to support the Grants.gov Information Technology Services program for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Grants, Division of Information and Solutions. Grants.gov is a highly visible, public-facing federal shared service that provides a centralized platform for applicants to find and apply for federal discretionary grant opportunities and for federal agencies to post, manage, and process grant application packages. The selected candidate will support the operation, maintenance, enhancement, modernization, security, performance, and user experience of the Grants.gov system. This work supports a mission-critical federal platform used by applicants, grantors, federal agencies, and partner systems across the grants lifecycle. Candidates should be comfortable working in a structured federal IT environment with strong emphasis on service continuity, stakeholder responsiveness, documentation, quality, security, accessibility, and disciplined delivery. Ideal candidates will bring experience supporting federal IT programs, public-facing web applications, grants management systems, cloud-hosted environments, Agile/SDLC delivery, system operations, application support, testing, cybersecurity, communications, or related technical and program functions. Prior experience with Grants.gov, federal grants systems, HHS, government shared services, or high-volume public-sector platforms is strongly preferred. Preferred Grants.gov / Federal Grants Experience Preferred experience includes one or more of the following:
- Grants.gov, GrantSolutions, or other federal grants management platforms.
- Federal discretionary grants lifecycle, including funding opportunity posting, application package creation, applicant submission, agency download, forms, validations, and acknowledgements.
- Public-facing government websites or shared service platforms with large user communities.
- System-to-system interfaces supporting applicant systems, grantor systems, partner systems, or external federal integrations.
- Federal forms development, Adobe/XDP/PDF forms, XML schemas, web forms, form validation, and Section 508 accessibility.
- HHS, OMB, GAO, OIG, congressional data calls, federal stakeholder reporting, or executive-level federal communications.
- Federal cloud, ATO, POA&M remediation, vulnerability management, disaster recovery, and operational continuity.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Design and deploy cloud solutions using AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, Route 53, RDS, and Kubernetes to build scalable and robust systems
- Automate deployments and infrastructure management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
- Monitor and optimize performance of cloud systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Implement security and compliance measures, including data protection, access control, and adherence to industry standards
- Collaborate with DevOps, development, and security teams to integrate cloud solutions seamlessly into existing IT environments
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, including system debugging, performance tuning, and disaster recovery planning
- Maintain documentation for cloud architecture, processes, and troubleshooting procedures
- Stays updated with AWS services and best practices to recommend and implement optimal solutions
- Runa incident response
- Maintaina chatbot platform components.
Education and Experience:
- AWS services for compute/storage/networking
- Infra automation (IaC)
- Cost/perf optimization
- Monitoring/alerting
- DR patterns
- For Grants specific, must be able to align platform with security/compliance (FedRAMP/ATO, FIPS 140 crypto)
- Degree in information technology, computer science, or related preferred.
- 5 years or more of related experience required.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.