Lead AWS Data Platform Engineer (Terraform + FinOps)

Stefanini Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini Group is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer in San Francisco, CA to maintain and optimize our data infrastructure. You will manage Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL, implement Terraform IaC, and configure DMS/Glue data services in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead monitoring, automation, and FinOps initiatives while collaborating with data engineers, analysts, and scientists. On-call rotations and mentorship of junior team members are included.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing AWS infrastructure with a focus on data services.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Terraform IaC experience.
• Knowledge of AWS data services (DMS, Glue, RDS/Aurora).
• Strong Linux/Unix and shell scripting skills.
• Experience with cloud cost management and FinOps.
• Monitoring/observability experience.
• Security best practices for cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance and optimization of AWS data infrastructure.
• Manage Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL databases.
• Implement Terraform for deployments.
• Configure DMS and Glue data services.
• Design and implement monitoring and alerting.
• Develop automation scripts to improve ops.
• Drive FinOps initiatives and optimize cloud costs.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, scientists.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Document architecture and ops procedures.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior members.

Skills

AWS infra management

PostgreSQL

MySQL

FinOps

Linux/Unix

Observability

CI/CD

DevOps

Python

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

DMS

Glue

Aurora

RDS

Job description

Stefanini Group is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer in San Francisco, CA to maintain and optimize our data infrastructure. You will manage Aurora PostgreSQL and MySQL, implement Terraform IaC, and configure DMS/Glue data services in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead monitoring, automation, and FinOps initiatives while collaborating with data engineers, analysts, and scientists. On-call rotations and mentorship of junior team members are included.