AWS Cloud Platform Engineer - Governance & Automation

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

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