Cloud Engineer, AWS ECS Platform

Vanguard; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Cloud Engineer to advance our Elastic Container Service (ECS) on AWS, supporting thousands of applications across regions. You will leverage Python, Node.js, and Java, develop CloudFormation templates, and ensure scalable, secure deployments while working within a hybrid model.

You will collaborate with architects and cross-functional teams to translate complex needs into robust features, implement CI/CD, and mentor engineers in best practices, security, and operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud services and architecture.
• Proven ability to design and build cross-functional, multi-platform solutions.
• Strong coding background with automated testing and validation.
• Experience deploying and operating cloud-native applications at scale.

Responsibilities

• Work with architects and other IT and business groups to identify technical and functional needs of applications based on priority.
• Design and build solutions for cross-functional, multi-platform internal and client facing applications.
• Translate complex customer needs into optimal feature delivery.
• Write high-quality code with a drive for automated testing and validation.
• Think in terms of architecture and code, evaluating strengths/weaknesses for performance, security, and data integrity.
• Experience with AWS technologies ECS, Docker, Fargate, EC2, Step Functions, CloudWatch, etc.
• Experience with Security stacks such as IAM, Okta OIDC, Auth0, Secrets Manager, etc.
• Understands CI/CD pipelines and operational security practices.
• Experience with deployments and dev ops and API integration via REST and API Gateways.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers on best practices.

Skills

Python

CloudFormation

Node.js

Java

AWS

Docker

Fargate

EC2

Step Functions

CloudWatch

IAM

Okta OIDC

Auth0

CI/CD

API Gateways

REST APIs

Mentoring

Security tooling

Tools

GitHub

IaC pipeline

OTel

Honeycomb

Observability tools

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Cloud Engineer to advance our Elastic Container Service (ECS) on AWS, supporting thousands of applications across regions. You will leverage Python, Node.js, and Java, develop CloudFormation templates, and ensure scalable, secure deployments while working within a hybrid model.

You will collaborate with architects and cross-functional teams to translate complex needs into robust features, implement CI/CD, and mentor engineers in best practices, security, and operations.