AWS Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Colorado Springs (CO); Remote; USD 82,000 - 126,000; Part time

Job summary

Content Creation Corp seeks an AWS Engineer with Istio and Ansible experience to transform a large tech stack. The role supports a remote-native freelance team and is based near Colorado Springs, CO. Expect growth, mentorship, and flexible hours while contributing to reliability and deployment excellence.

The position offers $82,000–$126,000 annually, with full benefits and a clear path to expansion as the migration progresses in the Colorado region.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with Istio and related tools or frameworks.
• Experience as a mid-level freelancer in software engineering.
• Ability to translate prioritization complexity for a non-technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Slice the metrics-driven technology monolith into Ansible services deployable in Colorado Springs, CO.
• Pull Content Creation Corp's Disaster Recovery stack out of the CO region before the migration deadline.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Ansible and Istio.
• Refactor the technology module Content Creation Corp has been afraid to touch.
• Backfill prioritization test coverage on the riskiest corners of Content Creation Corp's codebase.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early.
• Monitor error budgets and prevent overruns in Colorado Springs, CO.

Skills

Istio knowledge

Freelance experience

Mid-level engineer

Backend development

Tools

Ansible

Job description

The AWS Engineer we want has shipped Istio to production, broken it, and learned more from the second part than the first. The thing worth noting is how much Content Creation Corp trusts you here — $82,000 - $126,000, technology ownership, and a long runway, all from 4 years in.

Key Responsibilities

• Slice the metrics-driven technology monolith into Ansible services Colorado Springs, CO can deploy alone
• Pull Content Creation Corp's Disaster Recovery stack out of the CO region before the migration deadline
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Ansible and Istio
• Refactor the technology module Content Creation Corp has been afraid to touch
• Backfill Prioritization test coverage on the riskiest corners of Content Creation Corp's codebase
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Watch Facilitation error budgets and pump the brakes before Colorado Springs, CO burns through them

What You'll Bring

• Familiarity with the rhythms of a remote-native freelance team
• Familiarity with Istio and related tools or frameworks
• Proven aptitude for Istio, ideally near Colorado Springs, CO
• Knowledge of CO-specific regulations relevant to technology work
• Experience translating Prioritization complexity for a non-technical audience
• Experience at the mid-level inside a freelance role
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve

What sets Content Creation Corp apart is a customer-obsessed team in Colorado Springs that treats every customer like a partner. Our CO team treats transparency as a feature, sharing the messy middle, not just the wins.

Beginning at $82,000 - $126,000, your growth is mentored, your benefits are full, and your hours flex to match life in Colorado Springs, CO.