AWS Cloud Engineer

Utilities Company; Florida; On-site; USD 103,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Utilities Company is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer for a 6-month contract with renewal option. The role is on-site in Tampa, FL (4 days a week). Compensation is $75–$78 per hour.

Eligible candidates must possess GC with Permanente residency and USC, and have a high school diploma. Key focus areas include AWS infrastructure, Terraform IaC, DevOps, automation, networking, and security. The ideal candidate will handle compute/storage, networking, governance, IAM, and monitoring tasks, with

Qualifications

• HS Diploma Required.
• Strong AWS infrastructure knowledge with hands-on experience in IaC, Terraform, DevOps, automation, networking, and security.

Skills

EC2/S3

VPCs/Hybrid

Security/Governance

Terraform

CI/CD

Monitoring

IAM/SSO

Well-Architected

Azure

Ansible

Kubernetes

FinOps

Education

HS Diploma

Tools

Terraform

AWS CLI

Python

PowerShell

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Client:Utilities Company

Position: AWS Cloud Engineer

Term: 6-month contract with renewal option

Compensation: Pay = $75/Hr - $78/Hr

Location: On Site 4 days a week Tampa, FL DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE STATE OF FL

Work Authorization: ONLY GC with Permanente residency and USC

Education: HS Only

Scope:Strong AWS infrastructure knowledge with hands-on experience in IaC, Terraform, DevOps, automation, networking, and security.

Experience:

• AWS Compute & Storage – EC2, S3, EBS, load balancing
• AWS Networking – VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect, VPN, hybrid connectivity
• AWS Governance & Security – Organizations, Control Tower, IAM, Security Hub, GuardDuty
• IaC & Automation – Terraform, Git, CI/CD, AWS CLI, Python/PowerShell
• Operations & Monitoring – CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, AWS Backup
• Identity & Access – IAM, SSO/federation, cross-account access, MFA
• Architecture – AWS CAF, Well-Architected Framework, landing zones, resiliency and cost optimization
• Nice to have: Azure, Ansible, Kubernetes/EKS, and FinOps experience