Role: Junior role AWS Cloud Engineer - Kafka / Event Streaming
Location: Remote
Duration: 6+ months
Must haves
• 4+ yrs cloud / infrastructure engineering
• Strong Kafka (Apache, Redpanda, or MSK) – hands-on config
• Experience with topic replication, consumer lag monitoring, cluster config
• AWS Lambda – building/maintaining integrations
• AWS CDK (Python) – read, extend, deploy stacks
• IAM + Cognito (M2M / client credentials)
• Git workflows with PR discipline
• Networking basics (DNS, VPN, load balancing, security groups)
• Able to work independently from written specs
Own the API Gateway platform in AWS end-to-end. Day-to-day includes configuring routes, stages, usage plans, and authorizers, building and maintaining Lambda integrations, and managing Cognito-based auth (M2M/client credentials). You’ll maintain and extend CDK stacks, ensure environments stay consistent across accounts, support WAF/security configurations, and partner with SRE/DevOps teams on deployments, incidents, and ongoing platform improvements in a healthcare SaaS environment.
Nice to have
• AWS certs
• GitHub Actions / CI/CD
• Healthcare / payer experience