Job title: Sr. Cloud Engineer
Location: Atlanta GA
Duration: 12 Months
Tax terms: C2C W2 1099
Job Description:
- We are seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS Java Python and modern DevOps practices to lead the design and integration of cloud-native solutions across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of AWS services CI/CD automation and infrastructure as code with a proven ability to guide mission-critical application delivery using event-driven and serverless architectures.
Candidates need to have: - 4 years of experience designing and implementing large-scale AWS-based enterprise solutions.
- Deep hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2 Lambda S3 RDS IAM VPC ECS CloudWatch CloudTrail KMS Route53 Systems Manager and Config.
- Experience building infrastructure as code using CloudFormation SAM or Ansible.
- Proficiency in scripting and working with APIs (REST JSON Bash).
- Experience with Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools (GitLab CI Jenkins CodePipeline).
- Experience with event-driven architectures serverless computing and data streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka Kinesis).
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies and collaborative environments.
Preferred Qualifications: - AWS Certifications (e.g. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Developer Associate or Solutions Architect Professional).
- Experience designing cloud-native microservices and modern distributed systems.
Job Responsibilities: - Provide technical leadership in the design development and deployment of cloud-native applications and integrations within AWS.
- Define and implement architectural standards reusable frameworks and patterns for efficient AWS adoption.
- Lead automation of AWS integration tasks using CloudFormation Ansible or SAM.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI Jenkins Maven or AWS CodePipeline.
- Build and maintain tooling to enable secure scalable and reliable use of AWS services across development teams.
- Ensure Security-by-Design and compliance standards are embedded in all cloud-based applications.
- Leverage monitoring/logging tools such as CloudWatch CloudTrail and AWS Config to enforce observability.
- Support cost optimization and utilization visibility via reporting and usage dashboards.
- Mentor developers and engineers on cloud integration best practices DevOps and microservices design.
- Partner cross-functionally with DevOps Security and Infrastructure teams to deliver resilient cloud-based solutions.