AWS Cloud Infra Engineer — Onsite 2x/Week

The Addison Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 103,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

The Addison Group in Austin, TX is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) to design, deploy, and manage scalable AWS infrastructure supporting critical applications.

You will implement IaC with CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible, optimize performance and security, mentor junior engineers, and partner with DevOps and security teams to ensure compliant, reliable cloud solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
• Strong experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, ECS/EKS, Fargate, and CloudWatch.
• Experience with IaC tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security best practices, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, GDPR).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, C#, or Go).
• Proven troubleshooting skills and the ability to work independently across teams.
• AWS and IaC certifications highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Optimize cloud environments for performance, cost, security, and availability.
• Build and maintain infrastructure using CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across cloud, networking, and deployments.
• Implement cloud security best practices including IAM and encryption.
• Partner with DevOps and engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Support cloud-native architectures, including microservices and serverless workloads.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide excellent service to internal customers.
• Stay current on AWS technologies and recommend improvements.

Skills

AWS

Cloud architecture

IaC

CI/CD

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

AWS CloudWatch

Job description

The Addison Group in Austin, TX is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) to design, deploy, and manage scalable AWS infrastructure supporting critical applications.

You will implement IaC with CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible, optimize performance and security, mentor junior engineers, and partner with DevOps and security teams to ensure compliant, reliable cloud solutions.