AWS Cloud Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and create AWS cloud infrastructure utilizing Terraform along with GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• Advise ADTs on cloud solution patterns, deployment tactics, and architectural choices.

• Take ownership of automation from end to end, including IaC authorship and pipeline design through to production operations.

• Participate in the on-call rotation and enhance observability and monitoring practices.

• Provide technical assistance and guidance to users of AWS and managed services.

• Design, implement, and sustain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure.

• Monitor AWS environments and address performance, availability, and operational incidents.

• Work collaboratively with development, security, infrastructure, data engineering, and analytics teams.

• Maintain configuration documentation, diagrams, and standard operating procedures for all environments.

• Conduct backups, scheduled upgrades, and maintenance activities during designated maintenance windows.

• Monitor for security vulnerabilities and execute ad hoc upgrades and maintenance as required.

• Support audits by supplying logs, reports, and system configurations.

• Manage and support AWS IAM, including roles, policies, permissions, and access controls.

• Provide daily customer application support and enhance operational efficiency through automation.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary Public Trust level clearance.

• Must complete a pre-employment credit check as mandated by the customer.

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of experience; or High School Diploma or equivalent with 12 years of experience.

• Extensive, hands-on knowledge of AWS architecture, networking, security, serverless/microservice architectures, and containerization.

• Advanced skills in Terraform and experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Demonstrated experience in designing and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines, including reusable/shared components for enterprise-scale delivery.

• Practical experience in monitoring, analyzing, and troubleshooting SaaS application logs.

• Strong proficiency in Python and Bash scripting.

• Experience in configuration management, observability, reliability, and disaster recovery.

• Familiarity with CloudWatch and Grafana.

• Experience in designing, developing, building, deploying, troubleshooting, and maintaining cloud engineering processes using automation tools.

• Strong Git skills, including branching and release strategies such as GitFlow.

• Proficient in AWS IAM, roles, policies, permissions, and access controls.

• Preferred: experience with Runners and CloudFormation.

• Preferred: knowledge of PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript/Node.js, or other scripting languages.

• Preferred: experience in incident management, root cause analysis, and resolving high-priority incidents in large, multi-tenant environments.

• Preferred: experience in an Agile working environment.

• Exceptional communication, analytical skills, and technical knowledge across the client environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Health savings account.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Parental leave.

• 401(k).

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation.

• Company-paid holidays.

• Potential eligibility for overtime.

• Potential eligibility for shift differential.

• Potential eligibility for a discretionary bonus.