AWS Cloud Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Ensure the performance, reliability, and scalability of essential platforms that support data-driven decision-making.

• Provide daily application support to customers.

• Maintain infrastructure and monitor system performance.

• Resolve incidents and implement automation to enhance operational efficiency.

• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, development, security, and infrastructure teams.

• Design and construct AWS cloud infrastructure utilizing Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

• Guide Application Development Teams (ADTs) on cloud solution patterns, deployment strategies, and architectural decisions.

• Take ownership of automation from Infrastructure as Code (IaC) authorship to pipeline design and production operations.

• Participate in an on-call rotation and contribute to observability and monitoring practices.

• Offer technical support and guidance to AWS and managed service users.

• Design, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure.

• Identify and troubleshoot AWS performance or availability issues and resolve incidents promptly.

• Maintain configuration documentation, diagrams, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all environments.

• Perform backups, scheduled upgrades, and maintenance during designated maintenance windows.

• Monitor security vulnerabilities and conduct ad hoc upgrades and maintenance as necessary.

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

• Manage and support AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles, policies, permissions, and access controls.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

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

• Must be willing to undergo a pre-employment credit check as mandated by the Customer.

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience; Master’s Degree and 6 years of experience; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience.

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

• Advanced skills in Terraform and proficiency with Infrastructure as Code.

• 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 skills in Python and Bash scripting; Ansible experience is advantageous.

• Proficient in configuration management, observability, reliability, and disaster recovery practices.

• Proficient in cloud engineering processes using Terraform, Python, GitLab CI, and AWS automation tools.

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

• Preferred: Familiarity with CloudFormation and other Infrastructure as Code tools.

• 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 working in an Agile environment.

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

🏝️ Benefits

• Overtime eligibility may be available depending on the position.

• Shift differential may be available depending on the position.

• Discretionary bonus may be available in addition to base pay.