AWS Cloud Engineer

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

📋 Description

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

• Provide guidance to ADTs regarding cloud solution patterns, deployment strategies, and architectural decisions.

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

• Engage in on-call rotations and contribute to best practices for observability and monitoring.

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

• Create, deploy, and sustain secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure.

• Oversee AWS environments, troubleshooting performance, availability, and incident-related issues.

• Collaborate with teams across development, security, infrastructure, data engineering, and analytics.

• Maintain documentation, diagrams, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all environments.

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

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

• Assist in audits by providing logs, reports, and system configurations.

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

• Deliver day-to-day application support and maintain the infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Capability to obtain and uphold 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; Master’s Degree with 6 years of experience; or High School Diploma or equivalent with 12 years of experience.

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

• Advanced skills in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

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

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

• Proficient in Python and Bash scripting.

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

• Familiarity with AWS cloud engineering processes using Terraform, Python, and GitLab CI automation tools.

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

• Preferred experience with CloudFormation, PowerShell, JavaScript/Node.js, or other scripting languages.

• Preferred background in incident management, root cause analysis, and handling high-priority incidents in large, multi-tenant environments.

• Excellent communication, analytical, and technical skills are preferred.

• Experience working in an Agile environment is preferred.

🏝️ 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 for overtime.

• Shift differential.

• Discretionary bonus.