Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Newark, DE - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role : Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Location : Newark NJ (Hybrid)

Contract

Job Summary:

The Senior Cloud Engineer will play a key role in driving AWS cloud modernization and automation. This role focuses on architecting solutions mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams to optimize cloud application addition the Senior Cloud Engineer is responsible for creating required automation using latest DevOps tools & services to reduce manual tasks and speed to market. They should be able to write SOPs to document processes and procedures following the required standards and industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead design and implementation of advanced AWS solutions ensuring scalability resilience and cost-effectiveness.
Champion automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to streamline operations
and reduce manual processes.
Drive improvements in CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native application delivery.
Establish monitoring logging and alerting best practices for high availability and
reliability.
Collaborate with security and compliance teams to enforce governance policies.
Mentor Cloud Engineers and guide them in best practice and technical growth.
Develop Finops practice focusing on standardization cost optimization and show back model.
Act as a subject matter expert (SME) in AWS and provide guidance to stakeholders.
Act as a point of escalation or troubleshooting & resolving technical issues.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Engineering or a related field
15 years of experience in IT infrastructure with at least 7 years of AWS-focused cloud engineering experience.
Solid hands-on experience working with AWS compute storage backup networking hybrid connectivity IAM security Control tower and AWS organization
Strong proficiency in Terraform - Infrastructure as Code
Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and container orchestration.
Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline and automation. Preferably Jenkins bitbucket.
Experience with observability tools (CloudWatch Prometheus Grafana ELK Datadog etc.).
Proven track record of leading complex AWS migrations or modernization initiatives.
Awareness of cost optimization practices within AWS
Understanding of Migration tools like MGN DMS s3 sync
AWS Professional certification strongly preferred.
Experience with networking fundamentals (AWS Direct Connect Privatelink VPN VPCs routing load balancing)
Microsoft Active Directory EntraID DHCP and DNS
Basic understanding of Amazon Workspaces
Working knowledge of Security Tools: CrowdStrike CASB Rapid7 CyberArk Centrify SSO MFA.
Familiarity with Data analytics platforms like Snowflake and Databricks.

Preferred Certifications:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification. GCP or Azure certifications a plus.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge

Deep knowledge of AWS cloud architecture and core service integrations.
Strong understanding of DevOps practices and cloud-native design patterns.
Familiarity with compliance and governance frameworks (HIPAA SOC 2 etc.).
Awareness of advanced AWS services (Lambda API Gateway Kinesis etc.).

Skills:

Advanced Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform modules CloudFormation stacks).
Designing implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines at scale.
Performance tuning and advanced troubleshooting in distributed systems.
Building secure resilient and scalable AWS solutions.

Abilities:

Lead projects and mentor junior engineers with best practices.
Anticipate risks dependencies and technical challenges in cloud initiatives.
Influence architecture and design decisions with strong technical rationale.
Drive adoption of automation and standardization across teams.

Role : Senior AWS Cloud Engineer Location : Newark NJ (Hybrid) Contract Job Summary: The Senior Cloud Engineer will play a key role in driving AWS cloud modernization and automation. This role focuses on architecting solutions mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams to optimize clo...