Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Overview

On Site
Full Time
Part Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Job Details

Hybrid in NY.

Local NY candidates Preferred.


Skills

Years of experience

Rate out of 5

Terraform

Building and Maintaining infrastructure in AWS environments

CI/ CD Pipelines

Container orchestration using ECS or EKS

Experience in languages such as Python, Node.js, Java, or C#


Position Details

Requirement

Role

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Location

Hybrid in NY, NY locals preferred

Type of Hire - Contract/ C2H

Contract

Number of Interviews

2

In person interviews Yes/No

No

Client Interview Yes/No

Yes

Position requirements (Remote/ Hybrid/Fully onsite)

NY

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform,
  • CloudFormation, and the Serverless Framework; coding is a daily responsibility.
  • Write code to build and manage AWS-based infrastructure that supports scalable,
  • secure, and highly available systems.
  • Collaborate with software engineers to design cloud solutions that align with
  • application architecture.
  • Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid and reliable software delivery.
  • Automate operational processes and platform services with reusable, tested code.
  • Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure all infrastructure is secure and
  • auditable by design.
  • Drive the adoption of DevOps best practices and a coding-first approach to platform
  • engineering.

Qualifications:

  • Strong programming skills are required; experience in languages such as Python, Node.js, Java, or C# is essential.
  • 5+ years of experience building and maintaining infrastructure in AWS environments.
  • Deep hands-on experience with container orchestration using ECS or EKS.
  • Solid foundation in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform required; CloudFormation
  • and Terragrunt also a plus).
  • Experience managing observability stacks (monitoring, alerting, logging).
  • Ability to write reusable modules, pipelines, and automation scripts that scale across
  • teams.
  • Experience with Gruntwork.io or other reusable IaC module frameworks is a strong
  • plus.
  • AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer) are advantageous.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
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