AWS Engineer / Infrastructure Lead

  • Wilmington, DE (5 Days Onsite every Week), NY
  • Posted 3 days ago | Updated moments ago

Overview

On Site
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Skills

Production Support
Sprint
IT Management
Offshoring
Assembly Language
Management
Promotions
Regression Testing
Splunk
Dashboard
Virtual Private Cloud
User Stories
Mentorship
Workflow
Cloud Computing
Step-Functions
PostgreSQL
Terraform
Provisioning
High Availability
Replication
Database
Amazon S3
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Jenkins
Testing
Python
Java
Encryption
Network
Amazon Web Services
OAuth
SSL
Analytical Skill
Documentation
Apache Airflow
Orchestration
Scheduling
Mainframe
Presentations
Agile
Scrum
Application Development
Software Modernization
Process Outsourcing
IT Service Management

Job Details

Job description:-

Title: AWS Engineer / Infrastructure Lead


Location: Wilmington, DE (5 Days Onsite every Week)
Duration: ... months

Additional Job Details:
Role Summary

A hands-on Senior AWS Engineer / Infrastructure Lead to drive the design, implementation, and ongoing support of the AWS platform for this modernization program. The role requires end-to-end ownership of the infrastructure stream including creation of infra stories for each sprint, defining and prioritizing scope, leading onsite/offshore teams, and providing deployment and production-support oversight. The candidate must have a strong command of AWS services, Terraform/EAC automation, CI/CD, and multi-region resiliency patterns..

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the Infrastructure stream create and refine infra stories, define sprint scope, prioritize backlog items, and ensure timely delivery.
  • Provide technical leadership for onsite and offshore engineers, guiding them on AWS architecture, deployments, and troubleshooting.
  • Lead the design and development of serverless, event-driven AWS architectures using Lambda, (Python/JAVA), ECS Fargate Task(Python/Java), Step Functions, and EventBridge.
  • Work closely with Mainframe SMEs to understand the business logic and translate legacy Mainframe Assembler logic and Client IPM messages into Python/Java-based workflows running on AWS.
  • Implement multi-region active/passive architecture with S3 Cross-Region Replication, Aurora Global Databases (Serverless), and EventBridge Global Endpoints.
  • Manage infrastructure provisioning through EAC (Environment as Code), a Terraform-based automation framework, ensuring consistent and compliant deployments.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Spinnaker/Jenkins) for Lambda and ECS workloads, including rollback and promotion
  • strategies.
  • Enforce TrueCD testing practices contract, integration, and regression testing for continuous delivery validation.
  • Implement observability and monitoring using CloudWatch, Datadog, X-Ray, and Splunk with dashboards, alerts, and traces.
  • Ensure security best practices across IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, and network/VPC design.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, create and refine user stories for the infrastructure stream, and mentor junior engineers.
  • Document architecture, deployment runbooks, DR procedures, and operational playbooks.
  • (Preferred) Contribute to Airflow DAG development for orchestrating * and Client processing workflows.

Required Skills
  • 6 10 years of cloud engineering experience with 3+ years in AWS.
  • Deep hands-on expertise with AWS services: Lambda (Java/Python) ECS Fargate Task (Java/Python), Step Functions, EventBridge, S3, MWAA, Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless.
  • Strong knowledge of Terraform (EAC wrapper) for multi-region infrastructure provisioning.
  • Experience implementing HA/DR and replication strategies (Aurora Global DB, S3 CRR).
  • Proven experience in CI/CD automation with Jenkins, Spinnaker, or similar tools.
  • Familiarity with TrueCD test strategies and contract testing frameworks.
  • Strong coding background in Python Or Java for data parsing.
  • Deep understanding of security, IAM policies, KMS encryption, and network isolation in AWS, Oauth, SSL Certificate.
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.

Nice to Have
  • Experience with Apache Airflow or MWAA for orchestration and scheduling.
  • Exposure to Mainframe modernization OR Client IPM/* VTF.
  • Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams with enterprise-scale stakeholders.

About Tanisha Systems, Inc.

Tanisha Systems, founded in 2002 in Massachusetts-*, is a leading provider of Custom Application Development and end-to-end IT Services to clients globally. We use a client-centric engagement model that combines local on-site and off-site resources with the cost, global expertise and quality advantages of off-shore operations. We deliver Custom Application Development, Application Modernization, Business Process Outsourcing and Professional IT Services from office locations in * and *.
Tanisha Systems services clients in Government, Banking & Financial Markets, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail & Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, Life Sciences, Telecom, Manufacturing and Transportation Industries around the globe. Our engagement model provides a flexible operational environment that empowers our clients with the right levels of control.

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