AWS Platform Specialist

Bright Vision Technologies; Wildwood (MO); Remote; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced AWS Platform Specialist to design, build, and operate large-scale cloud platforms on AWS. This hands-on role spans architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security, observability, and production support.

You will partner with application, security, and SRE teams to deliver scalable, cost-conscious cloud-native solutions. Five+ years of cloud engineering and strong AWS expertise are required; remote work across the U.S. is supported.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of cloud engineering experience, with AWS in production environments.
• Hands-on with core AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Experience designing and operating Kubernetes clusters (EKS or ECS) at scale.
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines across infra and app workloads.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash; Go/PowerShell a plus.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, IAM, encryption, key management, and compliance.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, and alerting in cloud-native environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale, secure AWS platforms.
• Develop IaC with Terraform, CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Operate EKS/ECS clusters at scale and ensure reliability.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for infra and apps.
• Collaborate with security and SRE teams for secure, resilient solutions.
• Document architectures, runbooks, and operational cases.

Skills

AWS core services

CI/CD

Python

Bash

Go

PowerShell

Security & compliance

Observability

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

EKS

ECS

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Job Title: AWS Platform Specialist

Location:100% Remote (U.S.)

Position Type:Full-time, Direct W2

Salary Range:$135,000–$150,000 Annually

Experience Required:6+ years

Sponsorship:U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced AWS Platform Specialist to design, build, and operate large-scale, secure, and highly available cloud platforms on Amazon Web Services. This is a deeply hands-on engineering role spanning architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security, observability, and continuous operational improvement of mission-critical production workloads. The successful candidate will bring strong working knowledge of the AWS service portfolio, deep DevOps fundamentals, and a pragmatic, cost-aware design mindset, and will partner with application, security, and SRE teams to deliver resilient, cloud-native solutions that scale with the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Five or more years of cloud engineering experience, with at least three years focused on AWS in production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, and CloudFormation.
• Production-grade experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Solid experience designing and operating Amazon EKS or ECS clusters at scale.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines across infrastructure and application workloads.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash, with familiarity in Go or PowerShell considered a plus.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, IAM, encryption, key management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, and alerting in cloud-native environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or DevOps Engineer – Professional certification.
• Experience with multi-account AWS Organizations and centralized governance.
• Familiarity with service mesh, eBPF-based observability, and zero-trust networking.
• Exposure to FinOps practices and well-architected cost-optimization frameworks.
• Experience operating regulated workloads (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FedRAMP).

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.

BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination. Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.