AWS Cloud Engineer - W2 (NO C2C,1099) - Chicago, IL or Houston, TX or Charlotte, NC, or Dallas, TX Minneapolis, MN, or Columbus , OH, or Pittsburgh, PA In office: 4 days - Posted by Tauqeer

Must have: AWS, cloud, lamda and automation, react.js (must be strong in react), and CI/CD, also work well as an individually

Key Responsibilities

Front End (SPA)

• Build responsive, accessible SPAs using React, HTML5, and CSS.
• Implement AG Grid for enterprise-grade grid features (virtualization, server-side pagination, row grouping, custom cell renderers).
• Optimize client performance (code splitting, memoization, lazy loading) and ensure crossbrowser compliance.
• Collaborate with Tableau developers to connect workflows between React and Tableau (onprem).

Backend & APIs

• Design and implement RESTful services using AWS API Gateway and AWS Lambda (Python).
• Build event-driven services using EventBridge + Lambda with idempotency and retry patterns.
• Model/query data in Aurora (PostgreSQL/MySQL) with performant schemas and migrations.
• Enforce API standards (versioning, pagination, error handling, Swagger/OpenAPI documentation).

App Infrastructure & DevOps

• Deploy and configure AWS Fargate tasks, Nginx, and ALB for hosting and routing.
• Implement AWS resource deployment across environments.
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (ADO) and other DevOps tooling for endtoend build/test/deploy automation.
• Implement IaC using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Maintain full application stack deployment (frontend, backend, infrastructure).
• Apply CloudWatch metrics/logs/alarms and Splunk dashboards for observability.

Security & IAM

• Integrate Azure AD SSO (OAuth/OIDC) for secure authentication/authorization.
• Apply security best practices: least-privilege IAM, secrets management (Secrets Manager/SSM), input validation, and secure Nginx headers.

Enterprise Integrations

• Build reliable REST integrations with EPM, EDW, and Archer.
• Implement resiliency (timeouts, retries, backoff, circuit breakers) and strong monitoring/logging.

Quality & Delivery

• Write unit/integration tests for frontend and backend, with automated test gates.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and deliver incremental value.
• Produce clear documentation (architecture, runbooks, API specs).

Required Qualifications

• Strong cloud experience
• Strong React expertise (hooks, composition, performance tuning).
• Hands-on AG Grid experience in enterprise use cases.
• Python proficiency for Lambda and automation.
• Production experience with core AWS services (API Gateway, Lambda, Fargate, ALB, EventBridge, Aurora, CloudWatch).
• Experience with AWS resource deployment, Terraform, Azure DevOps (ADO), and DevOps tooling for CI/CD.
• Strong experience with full application stack development and deployment.
• OAuth/OIDC integration with Azure AD SSO.
• Solid understanding of security, VPC networking, and container fundamentals.