Cloud Engineer (HYBRID CONTRACTOR- 6 months)
Company: United States Pharmacopeia
Location: Rockville
Posted on: November 26, 2025
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Job Description:
Description This Cloud Engineer position is a HYBRID contract
for 6 months, governed by contractor's policies and option to
receive contractor's benefits. Brief Job Overview: This is a
hands-on non-supervisory, individual contributor position. The
incumbent will design, build, maintain and improve our AWS Cloud
Infrastructure and DevOps delivery pipelines to support our
critical applications including our subscription based Online
Publications (Nabu), and our Single-SignOn suite (AccessPoint) as
well as others. They will work with Software, Systems and SQA
Engineers, as well as third party vendors to deliver high quality
systems in a high-performance hybrid cloud environment. They will
automate repetitive tasks, work to get configuration into code and
reduce manual deployment tasks to maximize system quality and
minimize time to market to support USPs mission. Summary of Duties:
Design, build, and maintain secure and cost-effective cloud
infrastructure on AWS ensuring high availability and scalability.
Design, architect, and lead the integration and installation of new
technologies with regards to AWS and AWS integrations. Design,
build and optimize DevOps pipelines including multiple quality
gates and quick feedback loops. Collaborate with application
development teams to transform traditional web applications into
container-based environments using Docker and AWS Elastic Container
Service/Fargate. Lead the coordination of vendors, suppliers and
professional services during project engagements and research &
development queries. Act as a Technical Lead on a variety of
projects, delivering high quality, in an agile environment. Develop
KPIs, establishing quantitative and qualitative metrics to track
pipeline performance. Keep abreast with the rapid changes in
technology and recommend suitable technology improvements that are
fit for the business and the IT enterprise. Monitor mission
critical applications and troubleshoot any production issues, which
will require availability after normal business hours as needed and
report on system availability. Provide complete and accurate
documentation as required by USP Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs) and policies. Analyze infrastructure costs, recommend, and
implement optimization measures. Basic Qualifications: Bachelors
degree in information technology, relevant field, or equivalent
work experience. Minimum of five (5) years of hands-on experience
building AWS infrastructure and DevOps pipelines. Expertise in AWS
foundational services, plus: ECS/Fargate, RDS, RedShift, Glue,
ElastiCache, CodeCommit, Batch, Lamda, Route 53, ALBs. Expertise in
CI/CD and Agile tool sets including Jira, Bitbucket Pipelines,
Jenkins. Strong Linux administration and networking skills.
Expertise with web application stack including Apache, Tomcat, PHP,
RDS (MySQL, Aurora), APIs. Strong containerization skills using
Docker. Demonstrated expertise maintaining infrastructure as code
using Terraform. Experience with programming/scripting languages,
including but not limited to: Terraform, Javascript, Python, PHP,
Java, HTML, CSS., JSON. Advanced knowledge of cloud computing and
integration methods. Ability to lead, implement, and design large
scale complexed technology solutions. Ability to learn new
technologies and cross-train and/or be cross-trained as part of IT
support team. Ability to interact successfully with all levels of
the organization. Ability to lead and manage shifting priorities
and to meet deadlines. Must have good research and analytical
skills. Must have good organizational and communication skills.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None, this is an individual
contributor role. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected
Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities This employer is required to
notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal
employment laws. For further information, please review the Know
Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the
Department of Labor. Job Category Contingent Staff Job Type
Full-Time
Keywords: United States Pharmacopeia, Rockville , Cloud Engineer (HYBRID CONTRACTOR- 6 months), IT / Software / Systems , Rockville, Maryland
