AWS Cloud Platform Engineer

Proactive Staffing; Cherry Hill Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Staffing in the United States is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Platform Engineer to govern AWS Organizations, manage accounts, and deliver reusable cloud solutions for development teams. The role focuses on automation, security controls, and ongoing platform operations.

You will maintain foundational services (IAM, S3, CloudWatch, KMS, VPC Endpoints) and guide application teams through reference architectures, while coordinating governance, cost oversight, and incident response to

Qualifications

• 5+ years AWS experience in cloud platforms.
• Experience managing AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
• Strong IAM and security practices.
• Networking expertise (VPC, TGW, PrivateLink).
• Experience with CloudWatch and cost monitoring.
• IaC with Terraform.
• Automation and scripting with GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Govern AWS Organizations and SCPs.
• Automate provisioning and deployments.
• Maintain foundational services (IAM, S3, CloudWatch, KMS, VPC Endpoints).
• Support application teams with reference architectures.
• Monitor performance, security, and costs.
• Maintain platform documentation.

Skills

AWS

AWS Organizations

Control Tower

IAM / Identity Center

Networking

CloudWatch

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Cloud security

Documentation

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

++AWS Cloud Platform Engineer++

Seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Platform Engineer responsible for AWS Organizations governance, account management, infrastructure automation, security controls, and cloud platform operations. This role will maintain AWS foundational services and support application teams through reusable cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Governance & Multi-Account Management

• Manage AWS Organizations and account structure.
• Implement Service Control Policies (SCPs).
• Support AWS Control Tower and Account Factory processes.
• Establish guardrails and governance standards.
• Manage tagging and account compliance initiatives.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Regularly maintain GitHub Actions deployment pipelines.
• Automate AWS account provisioning and resource deployment.

Security & Compliance

• Implement IAM best practices and least-privilege access.
• Support security monitoring and remediation.
• Coordinate cloud security assessments.

Cloud Platform Services

• Maintain foundational services including:

• IAM

• S3

• CloudWatch

• KMS

• VPC Endpoints

• Enable application teams with approved reference architectures.

Operations & Reliability

• Troubleshoot platform and networking issues.
• Monitor cloud health, performance, and costs.
• Support incident response and operational excellence initiatives.
• Maintain platform documentation.

Required Skills

• AWS (5 years)
• AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower
• IAM / IAM Identity Center
• Networking (VPC, TGW, PrivateLink, security groups, flow logs, AWS Firewall, and ELB)
• CloudWatch
• Terraform
• GitHub Actions
• Cloud security fundamentals
• Strong documentation skills

Preferred Skills

• Account Factory for Terraform (AFT)
• Security Hub
• GuardDuty
• AWS Config
• ECS
• FinOps / Cost Optimization

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Cloud governance and guardrails
• Infrastructure as Code best practices
• Experience supporting enterprise development teams

Deliverable

• Maintain AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
• Manage SCPs and account provisioning processes.
• Support GitHub Actions infrastructure deployments.
• Improve governance, security, and operational efficiency.

Start

ASAP

Duration

12 months

Location

Cherry Hill, NJ area in a Hybrid role (3 days onsite/2 days remote)

Position Type

Contract