AWS Lead Engineer (Open Shift & Cloud-Native Solutions) _ Atlanta, GA (Day1 Onsite)

Requirement details:

Job Title: Sr. AWS Lead Engineer (Open Shift & Cloud-Native Solutions)

Location: Atlanta, GA(Day1 Onsite)

Duration : 12+ Months

12+ Years of IT Experience

Job Description:

Lead Engineer AWS to drive architectural excellence, mentor engineering teams, and lead the design and delivery of cloud-native solutions using OpenShift, Kubernetes, and AWS services.

Key Responsibilities

Architect and lead the implementation of cloud-native applications on AWS using OpenShift (Red Hat), Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate), and serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway).

Design and manage multi-account AWS environments with centralized governance, security, and cost optimization using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Service Catalog.

Lead the development and automation of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, and GitOps practices.

Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC), security-by-design, and compliance (GDPR, ISO 27001/27701) across all cloud deployments.

Drive the adoption of event-driven architectures using Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS, EventBridge, and real-time data processing with Apache Spark, AWS Glue, and Lambda.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, QA, Security, Operations) to deliver end-to-end solutions across domains like FinTech, EduTech, and Property Analytics.

Mentor and upskill engineers in cloud best practices, observability (CloudWatch, X-Ray), and performance optimization.

Act as a technical point of escalation for production incidents, ensuring rapid resolution and post-mortem learning.

Participate in solutioning, RFP responses, and client-facing technical discussions.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, with 5+ years focused on AWS and 3+ years in leadership/mentoring roles.

Proven experience with OpenShift (Red Hat), Kubernetes (EKS, ECS, Fargate), and container orchestration.

Expertise in AWS core services: S3, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFront, Route53, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail.

Strong proficiency in IaC tools: Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation.

Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Buildkite.

Deep understanding of microservices, service mesh (Istio), API gateways (3Scale, API Gateway), and observability.

Hands-on experience with data pipelines: AWS Glue, Athena, DMS, Delta Lake, Apache Hudi.

Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards (GDPR, ISO 27001/27701).

Experience working in Agile/Scrum/Kanban environments with JIRA and Bitbucket.