Lead AWS Engineer

Good co India; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Good co India is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to lead design, deployment, and governance of scalable cloud infrastructure in the United States. You will architect solutions using EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, EKS and CloudFormation, and drive IaC with Terraform and Ansible while upholding security and performance standards.

The role emphasizes collaboration with software, DevOps and security teams, mentoring junior engineers, optimizing costs, and ensuring high availability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science, IT, Software Engineering or related field.
• 5–10 years of AWS Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure or Cloud Architecture experience.
• Proven hands-on AWS skills: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch.
• Experience designing and managing enterprise-grade AWS architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, scalability, HA and DR.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation and management of scalable AWS infrastructure.
• Architect and deploy cloud solutions using AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, EKS, CloudFormation).
• Drive IaC practices with Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible.
• Lead DevOps initiatives including CI/CD pipeline automation and deployments.
• Manage containers with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS and EKS.
• Implement cloud security policies, IAM, encryption and compliance.
• Monitor performance, availability and efficiency; optimize costs.
• Lead disaster recovery, backup, HA and business continuity strategies.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Mentor junior engineers and coordinate cross-functional cloud teams.

Skills

AWS Cloud Services

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Python

Linux

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

CloudWatch

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and management of scalable, secure and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Architect and deploy cloud solutions using AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, EKS and CloudFormation.
• Develop and implement cloud infrastructure strategies aligned with business and technical requirements.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.
• Lead DevOps initiatives, including CI/CD pipeline automation, continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Manage containerisation and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS and EKS.
• Implement cloud security policies, identity and access management, encryption and compliance standards.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure performance, availability and reliability using AWS CloudWatch and other monitoring tools.
• Optimise AWS infrastructure costs, resource utilisation and operational efficiency.
• Design and implement disaster recovery, backup, high availability and business continuity strategies.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues, lead incident management and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with software development, DevOps, security and architecture teams to ensure seamless cloud operations.
• Establish cloud governance, technical standards and best practices across projects.
• Mentor junior cloud engineers, provide technical guidance and lead cloud engineering teams.
• Evaluate emerging AWS services and technologies to drive cloud innovation and operational improvements.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related technical discipline; Master's degree preferred.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in AWS Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure or Cloud Architecture.
• Strong hands‑on expertise in AWS cloud services, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, RDS, Route 53 and CloudWatch.
• Proven experience designing, deploying and managing enterprise‑grade AWS cloud architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, scalability, high availability and disaster recovery.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation and Ansible.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash scripting and Linux administration.
• Experience with cloud monitoring, logging, performance optimisation and cost management.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, automation, microservices and serverless architecture.
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices, IAM policies, encryption, compliance and governance.
• Experience leading technical projects, mentoring engineers and coordinating cross‑functional teams.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication and problem‑solving skills.
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer – Professional or Security – Specialty are an added advantage.