AWS Engineer

Yeshnex IT Solutions; San Ramon (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Yeshnex IT Solutions is seeking an experienced AWS DevOps engineer to design, implement, and manage scalable cloud environments in California. You will build robust CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning with CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform, and ensure security and compliance across services.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software engineers, SREs, and security teams to deliver reliable internal platform capabilities while maintaining clear documentation and onboarding guides for

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS infrastructure design and management across services such as EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, and ECS/Fargate.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in container orchestration, scripting (Python, Bash), and cloud networking concepts.
• Strong focus on security, encryption, and AWS compliance within environments.
• Able to collaborate with software engineers, SREs, and security teams and document workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize AWS cloud environments for reliability and efficiency.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support builds, tests, and releases.
• Automate provisioning with CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform and keep environments reproducible.
• Establish container platforms using Docker, ECS, and Fargate for scalable microservices.
• Monitor and optimize performance, security, and costs across AWS platforms.
• Enforce IAM policies and integrate security/compliance into operations.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and document architecture and deployment workflows.

Skills

AWS fundamentals

CI/CD practices

Cloud networking

Security & compliance

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

CloudFormation

CDK

Terraform

Docker

ECS/Fargate

Python

Bash

Job description

Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud environments (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Lambda, ECS/Fargate), optimizing for reliability, scalability, and efficiency.

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS and modern automation tools, supporting application builds, testing, and releases.

Automate infrastructure provisioning with AWS CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform, ensuring reproducible and documented environments.

Establish and manage container platforms using Docker, ECS, and Fargate for scalable microservices deployments.

Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize AWS platforms for performance, security, cost, and compliance.

Implement secure practices, enforce IAM policies, and integrate compliance into infrastructure operations.

Collaborate with software engineers, SREs, and security teams to deliver robust internal platform capabilities.

Document platform architecture, standards, deployment workflows, and onboarding guides for engineering teams.

Required Skills & Experience

Hands-on expertise with AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, ECS/Fargate).

Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform) and CI/CD tooling.

Experience with container orchestration, automation scripting (Python, Bash), and cloud networking principles.

Solid knowledge of security, encryption, and compliance in AWS environments.

Effective collaboration and documentation skills with cross-functional technical teams.

Preferred

Experience supporting developer productivity in large-scale environments.