AWS Engineer

Akaasa Technologies; Malvern (Chester County); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Akaasa Technologies is seeking an AWS Engineer for a hybrid role in Malvern, PA. You will own infrastructure design and operation, focusing on serverless and container-based architectures using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, and EventBridge.

Strong Python skills and experience with CI/CD in GitHub Actions are essential. You will lead efforts to resolve cross-account access issues, implement secure, scalable, and observable cloud solutions, and collaborate across teams to keep

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS development experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• Strong proficiency in Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead authority for resolving infrastructure-level impediments and cross-account access.
• Maintain event-driven architectures and S3 governance.
• Develop cloud-native microservices and REST APIs.
• Collaborate on deployment automation using GitHub Actions.

Skills

Python

AWS knowledge

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

S3

DynamoDB

RDS

SNS

SQS

EventBridge

CloudFormation

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

AWS CDK

Job description

AWS Engineer-

Hybrid Malvern Pa

assessment required

Job Description

Technical Stack & Requirements:

Infrastructure: AWS Lambda, EventBridge, SNS, IAM (policies), and EC2 management (troubleshooting, AMI configurations).

Deployment: Deep proficiency with client's internal "CloudBlocks" (wrapper over CloudFormation).

Programming: Python (for Lambda functions).

Strategic Responsibility: Act as the lead authority for resolving infrastructure-level impediments, encompassing cross-account access, S3 governance, and the continuous maintenance of event-driven architectures.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in cloud development.
• Expertise in managing and troubleshooting AWS infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of event models and serverless architecture.
• Experience with GitHub Actions for deployment automation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience developing cloud-native microservices and REST APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, and Step Functions.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems, asynchronous messaging, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Financial Services, Banking, Asset Management, or FinTech.
• AWS Certified Developer Associate or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS).
• Familiarity with AI/ML integrations using Amazon Bedrock or SageMaker.
• Knowledge of event streaming technologies such as Kafka or Amazon MSK.

Experience implementing secure coding practices and cloud security controls