Amazon Web Services (AWS) Consultant
Location: Washington, DC / Remote / Hybrid
Work Authorization: US Citizen
About the Role
STSI is looking for an experienced AWS Consultant to support cloud operations, infrastructure management, security, compliance, and optimization. The ideal candidate will have hands-on AWS experience, strong knowledge of federal compliance requirements, and the ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage AWS accounts, billing, cost optimization, usage monitoring, IAM policies, and MFA.
• Maintain and support AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFront, and Route 53.
• Lead cloud architecture, roadmap planning, scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery efforts.
• Perform system health checks, patching, monitoring, incident response, and remediation.
• Support security and compliance activities related to NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, ATO, audits, and risk management.
• Prepare documentation, reports, runbooks, architecture diagrams, and optimization recommendations.
• Coordinate with leadership, IT teams, vendors, and project stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
• Proven experience supporting federal, public sector, or compliance-driven AWS environments.
• Hands-on experience with NIST, FISMA, and FedRAMP compliance.
• Strong knowledge of identity management, MFA, IAM, and zero-trust principles.
• Experience with AWS infrastructure, cloud operations, security, cost management, and incident response.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
Required Certifications
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Preferred Certifications
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
• CISSP or equivalent
• CISM or equivalent
Work Arrangement
Work may be performed on-site in Washington, DC, remotely, or in a hybrid arrangement, based on project and security requirements.