Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer

Title:  Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Location:  Evanston, IL Hybrid 2 Days Onsite
Position:    6-months + Contract to Hire   (W2 Right to Hire – No Third-Party C2C)

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Overview
TalentFish is casting a line for a Senior AWS Cloud Systems Engineer! This is a 6-month hybrid contract role located in Evanston IL. This is a new position with strong potential to convert to full-time permanent hire!

Our client is a world-renowned scientific organization at the forefront of advancing science to solve some of today s most complex global challenges. Be part of an organization known for its excellent work culture, where collaborative teams drive innovation and make a real-world impact!

The Sr. Cloud System Engineer will evaluate, remediate, and modernize the company s AWS environment while driving cloud governance, security, scalability, and workload migrations across cloud and datacenter environments.
What You Bring to the Role (Ideal Experience)

• 6 10 + years IT experience.
• 5 7+ years of deep enterprise AWS exposure (preferably in fintech, healthcare, or large enterprise organizations).
• Proficiency in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, VPC).
• Strong expertise in IAM, AWS Organizations, and multi-account governance.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, monitoring, and cost optimization practices.
• Experience with cloud workload migrations (AWS Azure or datacenters).
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer preferred).
• Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and communication skills, able to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.

What You'll Do (Skills Used in this Position)

• Evaluate the AWS environment, identifying gaps in security, governance, performance, and cost optimization, and deliver recommendations.
• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable AWS solutions across compute, storage, and networking services.
• Administer AWS accounts and organizations, ensuring secure multi-account operations with IAM and Control Tower.
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to modernize workloads and implement cloud-native designs.
• Plan and execute workload migrations between AWS, other cloud providers, and datacenters.
• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, third-party tools).
• Apply cost optimization practices including tagging, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code for automation and configuration management.
• Work with Information Security to implement guardrails, ensure compliance, and align with cybersecurity best practices.
• Document system configurations, standards, and procedures to support governance and knowledge sharing.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance on AWS best practices.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, training, and future enterprise cloud initiatives.

Compensation and Employment
This role requires authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship. The estimated hourly rate for this position is $55 - $75 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off. TalentFish is committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. The salary range provided is in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.
All offers are contingent upon the completion of a background check, which may include but is not limited to: reference checks, education verification, employment verification, drug testing, criminal records checks, and any required certifications or compliance requirements based on the end client's background check policies and applicable laws.
TalentFish is an employee-owned company pioneering a new realm in talent acquisition. We are redefining IT staffing by evolving AI, video screening, and our unique platform. TalentFish focuses on providing the best employee, consultant, and client experience possible. At TalentFish we are an Equal Opportunity Employer; we embrace and encourage diversity.