Lead AWS Automation Engineer

Prophecy Technologies Corp; Culver City (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Prophecy Technologies Corp is seeking a Lead AWS Automation Engineer to serve as a Data Center/Cloud & Automation SME in Culver City, CA. This role focuses on designing and maintaining AWS infrastructure and implementing IaC with Terraform and Ansible for automation and configuration management.

The candidate will manage Linux servers, ensure security, availability, and cost efficiency, and collaborate across teams to support deployments and changes while maintaining thorough documentation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Center/Cloud & Automation roles.
• Deep Linux administration experience and scripting.
• Hands-on AWS design, security, and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Manage Linux servers, patching, and monitoring.
• Design, provision, and maintain AWS infra (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, etc.).
• Implement IaC with Terraform and automate tasks with Ansible.
• Automate deployments and patching with CI/CD tools.
• Monitor, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Maintain security controls and documentation.

Skills

Linux Administration

AWS Services

Terraform

Ansible

Git / Version Control

Networking fundamentals

Bash scripting

Monitoring & incident response

Security practices

CI/CD awareness

Education

10+ years Data Center/Cloud & Automation experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Jenkins / CI/CD tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

Seeking a Lead AWS Automation Engineer to serve as a Data Center/Cloud & Automation Subject Matter Expert. This role involves managing and supporting Linux servers, designing and maintaining AWS infrastructure, and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible for automation and configuration management. The position requires strong technical skills in cloud platforms, automation tools, and system administration, with a focus on ensuring security, availability, and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and support Linux servers, including installation, patching, user management, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Design, provision, and maintain AWS infrastructure (EC2, Certificate Manager, Security Groups, VPC, IAM, S3, Load Balancers) ensuring security, availability, and cost efficiency.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to build, update, and manage AWS resources in a consistent and reusable manner.
• Automate system configuration, deployments, and patching using Ansible playbooks and roles.
• Monitor systems and cloud resources, respond to incidents, and perform root cause analysis.
• Follow security best practices, access controls, and compliance requirements across OS and cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with application, network, and security teams to support deployments and changes.
• Maintain documentation, SOPs, and continuously improve automation and operational efficiency.
• Manage code/version control through GitHub.

Required Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux Administration (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Ubuntu), including user management, patching, troubleshooting, shell scripting, and performance monitoring.
• Practical knowledge of core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, Subnets, Certificate Manager, IAM, S3, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, and CloudWatch, with security and cost optimization awareness.
• Experience in writing and managing Terraform modules, variables, and state files to provision and maintain AWS infrastructure.
• Ability to create and manage Ansible playbooks and roles for OS configuration, automation, and deployment tasks.
• Working knowledge of Git for code versioning and collaboration.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Bash scripting and automation of repetitive operational tasks.
• Experience in system and cloud monitoring, incident handling, and root cause analysis.
• Understanding of access control, encryption, patch management, and secure configuration practices.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in Data Center/Cloud & Automation roles.

Preferred Skills:

• Windows Administration, Citrix (storefront, Delivery controllers, netscaler, PAM, XenApp Administration).
• Experience in Nutanix and VMware.
• Exposure to CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Basic knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with advanced AWS Services (RDS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Route53, EKS).
• Experience with monitoring & logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, CloudTrail).
• Experience with Ansible AWX / Tower for centralized automation.
• Exposure to multi-account setups, workspaces, and complex module design in Terraform.
• Knowledge of vulnerability scanning, security audits, and compliance requirements.
• Basic knowledge of Python for automation tasks.
• Ability to create SOPs, runbooks, and technical documentation.