Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer (Onsite Dallas, TX)

We're hiring a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to help design and build secure, scalable cloud platforms used across multiple enterprise teams. This is a hands-on, senior-level role for someone who can deliver independently from day one in a highly regulated environment.

Location: Dallas, TX (5 days onsite local candidates only)
Type: Contract (6+ months)

What You'll Do

• Design, deploy, and secure AWS cloud infrastructure (VPC, IAM, EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, KMS)

• Build enterprise-grade infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK (Terraform experience acceptable)

• Implement secure multi-account AWS environments and landing zones

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines

• Partner with security teams to meet compliance and audit requirements

• Troubleshoot complex cloud, networking, and deployment issues

• Create clear documentation and architecture diagrams

What We're Looking For

• 8 10+ years of hands-on AWS experience in large-scale environments

• Strong expertise in AWS CDK or Terraform

• Deep knowledge of IAM, security controls, networking, and encryption

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and modern cloud platforms

• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Go

• Prior experience in regulated or enterprise environments preferred

Nice to Have

• Financial services or enterprise platform experience

• Monitoring/observability tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana)

• Security automation or compliance-as-code experience