AWS Cloud Engineer

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. seeks an AWS Cloud Engineer in Oakland, CA for a 6 months+ contract. The role focuses on cloud infra management, CI/CD automation, and platform reliability within AWS. The engineer will drive security, cost governance, and resilience across deployments.

Candidates should bring 5+ years in DevOps/SRE, deep AWS service experience (EKS/ECS/Lambda/S3), and strong IaC capabilities with Terraform and GitHub. Hybrid work with one on-site day per week is offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Hands-on AWS experience: EKS, ECS, Lambda, IAM, S3, RDS.
• Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code experience.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of cloud security, vulnerability management, and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Manage and optimize EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, and related AWS services.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Terraform.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automate operational processes.
• Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and provide production support.
• Drive vulnerability remediation, security compliance, and platform upgrades.
• Improve observability, disaster recovery readiness, and operational resilience.
• Partner with development teams to streamline deployments and improve engineering productivity.
• Support AWS cost optimization and cloud governance initiatives.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Engineering

Site Reliability Engineering

CI/CD

Scripting

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

AWS Cloud Engineer

6 months+ Contract

Oakland, CA-Hybrid (1 day onsite per week)

Role:

This role will be responsible for cloud infrastructure management, CI/CD automation, platform reliability, security compliance, and production operations within AWS environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines.
• Manage and optimize EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, and related AWS services.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Terraform.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automate operational processes.
• Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and provide production support.
• Drive vulnerability remediation, security compliance, and platform upgrades.
• Improve observability, disaster recovery readiness, and operational resilience.
• Partner with development teams to streamline deployments and improve engineering productivity.
• Support AWS cost optimization and cloud governance initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including EKS, ECS, Lambda, IAM, S3, and RDS.
• Experience with Terraform, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of cloud security, vulnerability management, and DevSecOps practices.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise AWS platforms.
• Familiarity with Couchbase and cloud-native microservices architectures.
• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional or related certifications.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.

Success Measures

• Reliable and secure platform operations.
• Faster and more automated deployments.
• Timely vulnerability remediation.
• Reduced operational overhead through automation.
• Improved cloud cost efficiency and platform stability.
• Good communication skills
• Motivated to work cross collaboration with teams and flexible on priority changes