Cloud AWS Engineer

TechDigital Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an experienced professional to build and maintain cloud applications, ensuring best practices in security and performance. The ideal candidate will lead technical discussions, automate operations, and guide team development efforts, leveraging extensive experience in AWS and cloud architecture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Application support and Maintenance.
• 5+ years professional experience in AWS or other cloud architecture.
• 3+ years of programming in Python.

Responsibilities

• Builds and maintains applications for deployment and monitoring.
• Drive technical decisions, design discussions, and implementation.
• Automate routine operational tasks for efficiency.

Skills

AWS

Python

CI/CD

Cloud Security

Infrastructure as Code

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Job Details:

Builds and maintains applications for deployment, monitoring, and operations, troubleshoots and resolves issues within AWS environments, including network, security, storage, and compute-related problems.

Drive & lead technical decisions, design discussions, review artifacts, and implement the platform/services.

Ensure Well-Architected principles and engineering best practices are followed to build secure, high-performing, resilient, and scalable services.

Automate routine operational tasks to ensure efficiency and reliability in day-to-day operations.

Implement security best practices to keep data safe and control access to resources.

Manage code deployment and release via GitHub Actions/Jenkins and assist in troubleshooting issues with existing CI/CD pipelines.

Guide the team’s development efforts towards successful project delivery.

Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in Application Support and Maintenance.
• 5+ years of professional experience in AWS or other cloud architecture.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and services.
• 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• 3+ years of programming experience in Python.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and integration with GitHub Actions/Jenkins.
• Solid knowledge of cloud security practices and AWS IAM roles/policies.
• Experience designing and integrating REST APIs with third-party services.