Lead AWS Cloud Engineer – Remote (Contract-to-Hire)

Motion Recruitment; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is recruiting a Lead AWS Cloud Engineer for a fully remote contract-to-hire role supporting an enterprise cloud team. The candidate will focus on hands-on AWS engineering, automation, infrastructure, and SRE-style work across AWS environments, including CloudFormation, IAM, SSM, cloud networking, scripting, backups, disaster recovery, and observability.

EST hours are required. Join a leading insurer with opportunities to influence a large cloud, work alongside skilled

Qualifications

• Lead AWS cloud engineer with hands-on development and design.
• Strong scripting in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Experience with IAM, SSM automation, and CloudFormation.
• Familiar with infrastructure as code and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on AWS cloud engineering across enterprise environments.
• Develop automation, infrastructure, and SRE-style processes.
• Manage backups, DR, observability, and cost controls.
• Collaborate with teams and support EST business hours.

Skills

Lead-level AWS Cloud Engineer

AWS design & hands-on

Python

PowerShell

Bash/Shell scripting

AWS IAM

Windows admin

Linux admin

SSM automation

Backup solutions

Cloud networking

CloudFormation

Observability (Dynatrace)

Cloud cost management

Disaster recovery

AI technologies familiarity

EST hours support

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitLab / CI/CD

APIM platforms

Job description

Motion Recruitment is recruiting a Lead AWS Cloud Engineer for a fully remote contract-to-hire role supporting an enterprise cloud team. The candidate will focus on hands-on AWS engineering, automation, infrastructure, and SRE-style work across AWS environments, including CloudFormation, IAM, SSM, cloud networking, scripting, backups, disaster recovery, and observability.

EST hours are required. Join a leading insurer with opportunities to influence a large cloud, work alongside skilled