AWS Cloud Engineer

Artifintech; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable cloud infrastructure. You will manage EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda, and CloudWatch, and develop IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation.

The role requires strong CI/CD skills with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, plus automation with Ansible. You will work with Docker/Kubernetes, focus on security, migration, and cost optimization, and collaborate across engineering, security, and operations to deliver

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud.
• Experience with EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda.
• Proficient in Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Experience with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on with Ansible.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration experience.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, security, HA, backup, and DR.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Understanding of cloud security, compliance, and governance.
• Experience supporting cloud migration and modernization.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, and Lambda.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Implement configuration management and automation using Ansible.
• Manage containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization using CloudWatch and observability tools.
• Drive cloud security, compliance, identity management, and governance best practices.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including app and infra transformation.
• Implement and maintain networking, security, high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Optimize AWS cloud spend through rightsizing, RI/Savings Plans, and FinOps.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infra and production issues; provide production support.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, security, and operations teams.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and translate requirements.

Skills

10+ years experience

AWS Cloud

Linux/Windows admin

Cloud networking

Security & governance

Monitoring/logging/alerting

Cloud migration

Troubleshooting

CI/CD

Communication

Collaboration

FinOps awareness

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes/EKS

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and supporting scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands‑on expertise with AWS cloud services, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, configuration management, containers, Linux/Windows administration, monitoring, security, cloud migration, and cost optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, and Lambda.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Implement configuration management and automation using Ansible.
• Manage containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization using CloudWatch and enterprise observability tools.
• Drive cloud security, compliance, identity management, and governance best practices.
• Support cloud migration and modernization initiatives, including application and infrastructure transformation.
• Implement and maintain networking, security, high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Optimize AWS cloud spend through rightsizing, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and FinOps practices.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and application issues and provide production support.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and support operational and technical requirements.

Must-Have Skills

• 10+ years of experience in cloud/infrastructure engineering.
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS Cloud.
• Expertise in AWS services: EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda.
• Strong experience with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Experience with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Hands‑on experience with Ansible.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Strong Linux and Windows administration experience.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, security, high availability, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance optimization.
• Understanding of cloud security, compliance, identity management, and governance.
• Experience supporting cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with FinOps and AWS cost optimization.
• Experience with Reserved Instances and Savings Plans.
• Enterprise cloud migration and modernization experience.
• Experience with enterprise observability platforms.
• Strong disaster recovery and business continuity experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.