AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: New York City, NY

Type: Fulltime Position

Job Description:

Cloud Infrastructure:

• AWS services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, ELB, CloudFront, Auto Scaling.
• Serverless architecture design using Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB.
• Containerization: Docker and orchestration with ECS or EKS (Kubernetes).

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Terraform (preferred), AWS CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience creating reusable modules and managing cloud resources via code.

Automation & CI/CD:

• Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, AWS Code Pipeline.
• Automating deployments and configuration management.

Scripting & Programming:

• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and tooling.

Monitoring & Logging:

• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack

Networking:

• VPC design, Subnets, NAT Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, Load Balancing
• Security Groups, NACLs, and route tables.

Security & Compliance:

• IAM policies and roles, KMS, Secrets Manager, Config, GuardDuty.
• Implementing encryption, access controls, and least privilege policies.

Must-Have Functional Skills:

Problem Solving:

• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and networking issues under pressure.

Collaboration:

• Experience working cross-functionally with developers, DevOps, and security teams

Documentation:

• Creating runbooks, architectural diagrams, and configuration documentation

Project Ownership:

• Taking initiative and full ownership of AWS environments from design to operations.

Cost Awareness:

• Understanding of AWS billing, cost optimization techniques, and budgeting.

Adaptability & Learning Agility:

• Willingness to learn new AWS services and emerging technologies quickly.

Agile Practices:

• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments, using tools like Jira and Confluence.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure following best practices.
• Build and manage highly available, secure, and scalable environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code templates to automate resource provisioning.
• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines for fast and reliable deployments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems and performance issues.
• Ensure cloud security by managing IAM, encryption, and compliance configurations.
• Optimize cloud usage and manage costs through analysis and recommendations.
• Stay updated with AWS announcements, new services, and community best practices.
• Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Support disaster recovery planning, backup strategies, and incident response.