Overview
On Site
$80 - $90
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
AWS Organizations
Control Tower
AWS Config
Security Hub
SCPs
RCPs.
platform governance
security
Job Details
Location: Spring, Texas ( 5 days onsite each week)
Role Fit: Advanced Cloud Developer / Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS-focused)
- Technical Must-Haves
- AWS Platform Admin (not just app migration)
- Hands-on experience with AWS Organizations, Control Tower, AWS Config, Security Hub, SCPs, RCPs.
- This is more platform governance & security than app development.
- Infrastructure as Code
- Strong Terraform background (writing modules, policies, and managing infra via IaC).
- CI/CD & GitHub
- Comfortable with GitHub Actions and pipelines, especially for AWS infra automation.
- Cloud Governance & Security
- Enforcing guardrails, compliance, and policies across large AWS accounts.
- Background & Experience
- 5 8 years in AWS Cloud Engineering (more than junior, less than principal architect).
- Likely worked at an enterprise or consulting firm managing multi-account AWS setups.
- Has admin-level AWS skills, not just "building apps on AWS."
- Knows cost optimization and cloud financial management (FinOps mindset).
- Personality & Work Style
- Detail-oriented & disciplined governance and compliance roles need precision.
- Collaborative but opinionated must enforce rules and best practices with dev teams.
- Mentor/consultant mindset expected to guide juniors and advise application teams.
- Continuous learner AWS services evolve constantly; must stay current.
- Who NOT to Target
- Application developers who only deploy apps to AWS.
- Candidates with only Azure/Google Cloud Platform and some AWS.
- AWS engineers without hands-on Control Tower / Org setup experience.
- General DevOps engineers who never touched AWS governance/security.
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