Cloud Engineer

Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer Location: Remote Position Type: 6+ months Contract (with extensions/conversion) Job Description We are seeking a skilled AWS Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS services, automation, and cloud-native architectures. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable and secure cloud environments. Key Responsibilities • Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud architectures. • Build and manage AWS infrastructure using services such as EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, EventBridge, API Gateway, and more. • Develop automation and IaC solutions using CloudFormation and Terraform. • Manage containerized environments using ECS, EKS, Docker, and Kubernetes. • Implement and optimize compute services including EC2, ELB, and Auto Scaling. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. • Monitor and troubleshoot cloud workloads using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and related tools. • Apply security best practices, including IAM governance, encryption, KMS usage, and compliance frameworks such as HIPAA/SOC2. • Utilize AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor for cost optimization and governance. • Perform database administration for DynamoDB and RDS. • Write automation scripts using Python and Bash. • Work across Linux and Windows operating environments. Core Skills & Technologies Core AWS Services: • EC2, S3, VPC • IAM & Security Automation & IaC: • CloudFormation, Terraform Compute & Containers: • Lambda, ECS, EKS Networking: • Route 53, Load Balancers, VPN Monitoring & Logging: • CloudWatch, X-Ray CI/CD: • CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions Security & Compliance: • Encryption, KMS, HIPAA/SOC2 Scripting: • Python, Bash