AWS Cloud Engineer

VySystems; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

VySystems is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer with deep AWS expertise to design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform. The role requires secure CI/CD pipelines and governance across Dev, SIT, and Prod environments, with involvement in release activities.

You will work across AWS and Azure, ensuring cost, performance, and reliability while adhering to security controls and compliance requirements. Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential.

Qualifications

• AWS infrastructure engineering: compute, networking, security, and data services.
• Terraform IaC: design, module development, lifecycle management.
• CI/CD pipelines with secure scanning and approval gates.
• Hands-on AWS experience with VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, IAM, Route 53, S3, RDS, CloudWatch.
• Terraform state management, modular development, and debugging.
• Networking, load balancing, and application connectivity in AWS.
• Experience across Dev/Test/Prod environments.
• Strong communication and cross-team collaboration.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform (IaC).
• Develop and support secure CI/CD pipelines with validation, scanning, and approval gates.
• Support deployment and management of horizontal capabilities across public cloud infrastructure (AWS and Azure).
• Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance, cost, and reliability.
• Implement security controls, including vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements.
• Troubleshoot platform and deployment issues across environments (Dev, SIT, Prod).
• Maintain documentation, runbooks, and deployment standards to support consistent execution.
• Participate in release activities and ensure safe, controlled deployments.

Skills

AWS Infrastructure Engineering

Terraform (IaC)

CI/CD pipelines

Security scanning

Approval gates

Multi-environment deployments

Networking and security in AWS

Troubleshooting

Agile delivery

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

The Cloud Engineering/DevOps team builds and operates horizontal capabilities such as Splunk and Dynatrace in public cloud platforms (AWS and Azure).

The team owns Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines with security gating, and platform reliability across environments. A hands-on Cloud Engineer with deep AWS expertise and strong Terraform/IaC skills, experienced in building secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and working within regulated environments. The candidate should be comfortable with DevOps practices, security controls, and cross-team collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform (IaC). Develop and support secure CI/CD pipelines with validation, scanning, and approval gates. Support deployment and management of horizontal capabilities across public cloud infrastructure, such as AWS and Azure. Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance, cost, and reliability. Implement and support security controls, including vulnerability remediation and compliance requirements. Troubleshoot platform and deployment issues across environments (Dev, SIT, Prod). Maintain documentation, runbooks, and deployment standards to support consistent execution. Participate in release activities and ensure safe, controlled deployments.

Required Skills

AWS Infrastructure Engineering: Compute, networking, security, and data services. Terraform (IaC): Infrastructure as Code design, module development, and lifecycle management. CI/CD Pipelines: Integrated security scanning and approval gates. Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, IAM, Route 53, S3, RDS, CloudWatch). Proven experience with Terraform, including module development, state management, and debugging. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, including build, scan, approval, and deployment workflows. Experience with cloud security practices, vulnerability remediation, and compliance controls. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools. Understanding of networking, load balancing, and application connectivity in AWS environments. Experience working across multi-environment deployments (Dev, Test, Prod). Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and application deployment layers. Ability to work in Agile delivery models and manage concurrent priorities. Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across engineering and leadership teams. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Relevant experience in cloud, infrastructure, or solutions engineering.