Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS SME)

Senior Cloud Engineer

Location:  (Remote with occasional office visits required) OR  Morristown, New Jersey / Hybrid

About Client:

COACTION Specialty Insurance Group is a privately-owned, specialty property and casualty (P&C) insurance company headquartered in Morristown New Jersey, with additional offices in Alpharetta. Georgia, Glendale California, and New York City.

The AWS & Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for the design, opera6on, security, and continuous improvement of Coaction’s cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. This role is hands-on and execution-oriented, with accountability for reliability, cost efficiency, disaster recovery readiness, and alignment with enterprise security and compliance standards.

The Position supports an AWS-first architecture while maintaining and operating key Azure workloads, partnering with internal teams and managed service providers to deliver high-quality cloud services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Cloud Service and Support

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure and services on AWS

• Limited Azure Cloud opera6ons experience a plus

• Deep experience with Disaster Recovery programming Design with AWS services

• Monitor and op6mize AWS services for performance, security, and cost-efficiency

• Ensure cloud security best prac6ces, compliance, and governance policies

• Troubleshoot and resolve ALL cloud infrastructure related issues

• Infrastructure liaison and project member for relevant contributions to Coaction IT teams on business and technology initiatives.

• Stay updated with AWS innova6ons and recommend improvements

• Provide AWS Technical leadership within the Coac6on IT organiza6on

• Provide project leadership and oversight to upgrade, consolidate and enhance Global Coaction Infrastructure technology and associated frameworks.

• Work closely with 3rd party support providers on Cloud OPS details

• Responsible for Backup and Recovery opera6ons

• Perform Tier 1 through Tier III support

• Azure Cloud Services Experience a Plus

Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong experience opera6ng infrastructure in:

o AWS (primary)

o Azure (suppor6ng / secondary)

• Proficiency in AWS services (RDS, Redshift, EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Cloudtrail, Security services etc.)

• Strong understanding of networking and security in AWS

• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus

• Familiarity with containeriza6on (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS)

• Strong scrip6ng skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell

• Familiarity with SDLC, DevOps

• Familiarity with Agile project management framework

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• 10+ years of experience in cloud engineering with AWS

• Experience with automation development