AWS Professional Software Engineer

Title: AWS Professional Software Engineer

Location: Remote

Duration: 6+ Months Contract Role

Hands-on AWS-focused software engineer contributing to enterprise migrations from VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) to AWS native, cloud-native architectures. Implements solutions that emphasize security, scalability, resiliency, and cost optimization under the guidance of senior architects and technical leads.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and support AWS and VMC-based solutions throughout migration and modernization efforts.
• Develop and enhance application and infrastructure components involved in VMC AWS native transformations using rehost, replatform, and refactor approaches.
• Configure and support secure, scalable AWS networking and landing zone implementations aligned to AWS Well-Architected guidance and Control Tower patterns defined by architecture teams.
• Contribute to large-scale migration execution, including wave implementation, testing, deployment, and stabilization activities.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, and monitoring/operations tooling to support DevSecOps practices and operational excellence.
• Collaborate closely with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, estimate work, and deliver high-quality solutions; provide technical knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications:

• 4 7 years of professional software engineering and/or cloud engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS core services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC).
• Experience working with VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) or similar virtualization/cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of cloud security fundamentals, networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups), and cost-aware design.
• Practical experience with one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, C#, TypeScript) and IaC tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices (e.g., Git-based workflows, automated testing, security scanning).
• Solid communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross-functional, distributed teams.

Preferred:

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer Associate, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional).
• Experience participating in or executing migrations off VMC to AWS in complex or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk).