Cloud Software Engineer

You are curious, persistent, logical and clever – a true techie at heart.
You enjoy living by the code of your craft and developing elegant solutions for complex problems.
You always deliver. You enjoy the engagement with clients. Leadership is one of your big characteristics to drive the team to the right path.
If this sounds like you, this could be a perfect opportunity for you.
We are looking for a Cloud Software Engineer to join our team. ASCENDING team commits to delivering scalable and high available cloud solutions to clients. We use advanced technology to measure the effectiveness of your current IT infrastructure. Then we help our clients modernize their IT infrastructure and achieve optimal performance on the cloud.
As ASCENDING is keeping growing fast. You will play an important role for both businesses expanding & solution development to guide us to success.

- Onsite in Fairfax, VA is preferred. Can be fully remote for the ideal candidate.
- Full-time Opportunity, benefits includes 401k, healthcare, dental, vision, year-end bonus, paid holidays and PTO.

We are seeking a highly skilled Client-Facing Software Engineer with strong expertise in AWS to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development, excellent communication skills, and the ability to interact directly with clients to understand their needs and deliver high-quality solutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with clients to understand their project requirements and objectives.
• Develop, test, and deploy software solutions using AWS.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for client projects.
• Communicate project status, technical issues, and solutions to clients in a clear and concise manner.
• Manage project timelines and deliverables to ensure client satisfaction.
• Provide technical support and training to clients as needed.

Qualifications:

• Strong communication skills.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience in the areas/tools listed below
• At least 3 years experience in IT consulting companies.
• Strong experience in programming, Python would be preferred.
• Hands-on AWS platform experience, AWS Certification will be a big plus.
• Ability to use a variety of open-source technologies and cloud services (experience with AWS is required). Some services like AWS Config, CloudTrail, SCPs, KMS, VPC, CDK.
• Working knowledge of continuous integration platforms such as Jenkins, and various other deployment tools
• Working knowledge of source code repositories such as Git (BitBucket), Subversion, etc.

Thanks for your application!