Lead AWS Cloud Engineer

Clear Destination Inc.; Holyoke, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule (3 days onsite)

Relocation assistance

401(k) + financial planning

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Flexible work hours

Onsite gym

Employee networks

Free coffee

Job summary

Clear Destination Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise AWS cloud infrastructure.

You will build and maintain secure, scalable multi-region AWS environments using Terraform, GitOps, and reusable modules. The role requires strong AWS security and identity expertise, IAM, networking, and observability; you will own core services and drive automation for account vending, baselines, and AMI pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of infra, cloud engineering, or platform engineering in regulated environments.
• Advanced AWS, Terraform, multi-region infra and IaC experience.
• Strong security and identity expertise within AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, delivery, and operations for enterprise AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain multi-region AWS environments using Terraform and GitOps.
• Define cloud standards, architecture patterns, and security guardrails.
• Own core AWS services including IAM, networking, observability, and Control Tower.
• Develop automation for account vending and golden AMI pipelines.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

GitOps

Automation

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related technical field

Tools

Python

Lambda

EventBridge

Step Functions

SAM

Packer

Ansible

EC2 Image Builder

Terraform Cloud

Scalr

Job description

What we offer you:

• A stable, mission-driven workplace where your impact truly matters
• A highly engaged work environment that values inclusion, collaboration, and employee safety and wellbeing
• Competitive compensation with a base salary + performance bonus
• Robust benefits package, including:
• Enhanced 401(k) and financial planning support
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development
• Wellness programs, including an onsite gym
• Flexible work hours
• Employee Business Networks
• • Free coffee at our onsite café
• Hybrid work environment (3 days/week onsite)
• Distance-based relocation assistance available

How you will make an Impact

• Lead design, delivery, and operations for enterprise AWS cloud infrastructure and platform services
• Build and maintain secure, scalable multi-region AWS environments using Terraform, GitOps, and reusable modules
• Define and improve cloud standards, architecture patterns, security guardrails, and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Own core AWS services including identity, networking, security, observability, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and AFT
• Develop automation for account vending, baseline customization, golden AMI pipelines, and cloud operations
• Partner with Security, Networking, Application, Cloud Platform, and Infrastructure Architecture teams to support production reliability and on-call operations

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or higher certification preferred; equivalent hands-on AWS expertise accepted
• 8+ years of infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering experience in regulated, critical infrastructure, or high-availability environments
• Advanced hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, multi-account architecture, multi-region infrastructure, and infrastructure as code
• Strong AWS security and identity expertise, including IAM, IAM Identity Center, SCPs, KMS, least privilege, policy as code, and audit-ready configurations
• Experience with AWS networking and platform services such as VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Network Firewall, Route 53, AWS Organizations, and Control Tower
• Manage AWS Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) for automated account vending and baseline customization
• Proficiency with automation and serverless technologies, including Python, Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, SAM, Packer, Ansible, and EC2 Image Builder
• Experience with Terraform Cloud, Scalr, private module registries, GitOps workflows, or similar orchestration platforms
• Knowledge of hybrid cloud, observability, governance, CMDB integrations, CSPM tools, SIEM integrations, Splunk, Kinesis Firehose, and HEC pipelines

This employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position (ex: H-1B, F-1/CPT/OPT, O-1, E-3, TN, J, etc.).

The expected salary range for this position is $127,000 - $163,000 per year. This role is also eligible for an annual performance bonus, comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental and vision), flexible spending and health savings accounts, a 401(k) plan with generous employer contributions and a student debt benefit, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, critical illness and hospital indemnity benefits, paid time off, paid leave, a wellness program, an employee assistance program and other great company perks.

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