Lead AWS Engineer

Job Description: Senior Lead Engineer AWS (Open Shift & Cloud-Native Solutions)

Location- Atlanta GA(Day1 Onsite)

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About Us ValueLabs is a global leader in Agentic AI and enterprise-grade digital transformation delivering innovative solutions across industries such as BFSI Education IT Services and Healthcare. As part of the AiDE (AI Driven Everything) Platform we empower enterprises with scalable secure and intelligent cloud-native systems built on AWS.

We are seeking a dynamic and technically

Lead Engineer AWS to drive architectural excellence mentor engineering teams and lead the design and delivery of cloud-native solutions using OpenShift Kubernetes and AWS services.

Role Overview: You will serve as a technical leader responsible for designing implementing and scaling secure high-performance cloud platforms on AWS. You will lead the adoption of modern DevOps practices drive automation and ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g. ISO 27001 GDPR). This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in complex fast-paced environments and has a passion for innovation scalability and team enablement.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the implementation of cloud-native applications on AWS using OpenShift (Red Hat) Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate) and serverless technologies (Lambda API Gateway).
• Design and manage multi-account AWS environments with centralized governance security and cost optimization using AWS Organizations Control Tower and Service Catalog.
• Lead the development and automation of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitHub Actions Buildkite Terraform Ansible CloudFormation and GitOps practices.
• Champion infrastructure-as-code (IaC) security-by-design and compliance (GDPR ISO 27001/27701) across all cloud deployments.
• Drive the adoption of event-driven architectures using Kafka AWS SNS/SQS EventBridge and real-time data processing with Apache Spark AWS Glue and Lambda.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product QA Security Operations) to deliver end-to-end solutions across domains like FinTech EduTech and Property Analytics.
• Mentor and upskill engineers in cloud best practices observability (CloudWatch X-Ray) and performance optimization.
• Act as a technical point of escalation for production incidents ensuring rapid resolution and post-mortem learning.
• Participate in solutioning RFP responses and client-facing technical discussions.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.8 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering with 5 years focused on AWS and 3 years in leadership/mentoring roles.
• Proven experience with OpenShift (Red Hat) Kubernetes (EKS ECS Fargate) and container orchestration.
• Expertise in AWS core services: S3 EC2 RDS DynamoDB Lambda CloudFront Route53 IAM CloudWatch CloudTrail.
• Strong proficiency in IaC tools: Terraform Ansible AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins GitHub Actions Buildkite.
• Deep understanding of microservices service mesh (Istio) API gateways (3Scale API Gateway) and observability.
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines: AWS Glue Athena DMS Delta Lake Apache Hudi.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards (GDPR ISO 27001/27701).
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum/Kanban environments with JIRA and Bitbucket.

Note: Momento USA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status or disability status.