AWS Cloud Engineer

Insight Global (United States); Radnor (Delaware County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to support a large-scale migration from on‑prem VMware to AWS, handling ~380 VMs and 59 applications. The role involves building AWS environments, Terraform provisioning, and guiding modernization efforts while ensuring security and governance.

You will act as a senior resource, providing design reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing to engineers newer to AWS, with go-live and post-migration support responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS engineering with EC2, S3, IAM, VPC.
• Terraform experience for infra provisioning/configuration.
• Experience supporting VMware-to-AWS migrations and workload modernization.
• Linux/Windows server experience and understanding of dependencies.
• Proficient in scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash) and AWS services like CloudWatch, Route 53, RDS, Lambda.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring and DR workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration from on-prem VMware to AWS for hundreds of VMs and dozens of apps.
• Assess infrastructure and dependencies, plan replatforming or modernization.
• Build, configure, and optimize AWS environments and governance controls.
• Provide guidance, design reviews, and knowledge sharing to junior engineers.
• Support go-live and post-migration operations, troubleshooting complex issues.

Skills

AWS core services (EC2 S3 IAM VPC)

Terraform

VMware-to-AWS migrations

Linux/Windows server admin

Scripting: Python/PowerShell/Bash

AWS networking and security

CI/CD with Git Docker Kubernetes

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to support a large-scale migration of approximately 380 virtual machines and 59 applications from an on-premises VMware environment to AWS. This engineer will assess existing infrastructure and application dependencies, build and configure AWS environments, and help replatform or modernize workloads throughout the migration. The role requires strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC, along with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and configuration. The engineer will troubleshoot complex migration issues, support security and governance requirements, and assist with go-live and post-migration operations. This individual will also serve as a senior technical resource, providing guidance, design reviews, documentation, and knowledge-sharing to engineers who are newer to AWS. The ideal candidate has personally built AWS infrastructure and supported enterprise VMware-to-AWS migrations from assessment through implementation and production support.

Skills and Requirements

Strong hands-on AWS engineering experience with EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC, including building and configuring cloud infrastructureHands-on Terraform experience writing or modifying infrastructure configurationsExperience supporting on-premises/VMware-to-AWS migrations, including workload replatforming or modernizationHands-on VMware and Linux and/or Windows server experience with an understanding of infrastructure and application dependenciesStrong AWS networking, security, IAM, encryption, governance, and troubleshooting experienceExperience with infrastructure automation/scripting using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar, plus the ability to lead and knowledge-share with other engineersExperience with additional AWS services such as CloudWatch, Route 53, RDS, Lambda, Systems Manager, AWS Backup, Direct Connect, ELB, CloudTrail, or ECS/EKSExperience with CI/CD, Git, Docker/Kubernetes, monitoring, disaster recovery, and automated deployment workflowsHealthcare or highly regulated enterprise experience, AWS certifications, and experience with large-scale cloud migration programs

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].