Cloud Engineer - AWS

Duration: Expected to be multi year contract

Location: Remote EST hours

Our client is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in AWS to design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud environments. This role is ideal for someone with 7+ years of hands-on cloud engineering experience who can lead cloud initiatives, optimize infrastructure, and ensure reliability across mission-critical applications.

Responsibilities:

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  Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, etc.)

  
  


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  Implement automation for provisioning, configuration management, and deployments (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.)

  
  


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  Monitor and optimize system performance, availability, and scalability

  
  


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  Ensure cloud solutions meet security, compliance, and governance requirements

  
  


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  Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues and provide root cause analysis

  
  


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  Collaborate with development, DevOps, and security teams to support application delivery in cloud environments

  
  


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  Drive cost optimization strategies and resource utilization best practices

  
  


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  Stay current with AWS services, emerging cloud technologies, and best practices

  
  

Requirements:

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  7+ years of cloud engineering or infrastructure experience, with extensive AWS expertise

  
  


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  Strong knowledge of networking (VPC, DNS, load balancing, security groups, firewalls)

  
  


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  Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)

  
  


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  Proficiency with scripting languages (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)

  
  


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  Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

  
  


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  Strong knowledge of monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK, Datadog, etc.)

  
  

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

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Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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