AWS Cloud Networking Engineer/DevOps

Overview

On Site
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Computer Networking
Disaster Recovery
DevOps
Network

Job Details


Location: Quincy, MA

Type: Hybrid (3 to 4 days based on client request and project demand)

Role: AWS Cloud Networking Engineer/DevOps

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Networking-focused AWS DevOps Engineer to support and optimize our multi-region cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across AWS networking, multi-region architectures, CI/CD, container orchestration, infrastructure automation, and data platform components such as Redshift. This role is part-time but requires a hands-on engineer who can troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance our production and non-production cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Multi-Region Architecture & Networking

Design, implement, and optimize multi-region VPC architectures, peering, Transit Gateway, and routing policies.
Configure and manage security groups, NACLs, route tables, NAT gateways, IGWs, and cross-region networking.
Ensure high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) readiness across multiple AWS regions.
Support network connectivity for hybrid environments (VPN, Direct Connect).

AWS DevOps & Automation

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or Jenkins.
Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
Implement and optimize monitoring, logging, and alerting via CloudWatch, OpenSearch, PrometheGrafana, or equivalent.
Drive continuous improvements in deployment reliability and DevOps best practices.

Compute & Container Services

Manage and optimize EC2 instances including AMIs, autoscaling, patching, and configurations.
Deploy, scale, and troubleshoot workloads on ECS (Fargate or EC2).
Implement workload security, resource optimization, and cost controls across compute services.

Redshift & Data Infrastructure Support

Support Redshift cluster configuration, security, WLM settings, performance optimization, and connectivity.
Ensure secure and optimized data flows between ETL layers, Redshift, EC2/ECS services, and S3.
Collaborate with data teams to tune Redshift workloads and ensure optimal network performance.

Security & Compliance

Enable IAM policies, role-based access, and least-privilege security controls.
Implement multi-region failover, backup/restore strategies, and environment hardening.
Ensure compliance with security best practices, patching, encryption, and CloudTrail logging.

Operations, Troubleshooting & Support

Troubleshoot multi-region connectivity, latency, DNS, and infrastructure issues.
Optimize cloud spend across compute, networking, and Redshift workloads.
Provide on-call / ad-hoc support during deployments or critical incidents (as needed).

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Skills

  • 12+ years of experience as a DevOps, Cloud Engineer, or AWS Infrastructure Engineer.
  • Strong AWS networking expertise: VPC, TGW, Route53, VPN, Direct Connect, SGs, NACLs.
  • Experience with multi-region, HA, DR architectures.
  • Proficient in EC2, ECS (Fargate/EC2 Launch Types), Redshift.
  • Strong Terraform / CloudFormation scripting experience.
  • Strong experience with Python or Bash for automation.
  • Hands-on experience setting up CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with monitoring/observability tools: CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Grafana/Prometheus, Datadog, etc.
  • Familiarity with cloud cost optimization and tagging strategies.
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