Now C2C Hiring : AWS Cloud Engineer at Minneapolis, MN

Tech Mirrors; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors is looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to join their team in Minneapolis. The ideal candidate should possess over 10 years of IT experience, with a strong background in cloud engineering, particularly AWS. Responsibilities include designing high-availability architectures, leading data migration initiatives, and implementing best practices for AWS services.

If you have a passion for cloud technology and extensive experience with AWS tools and frameworks, this role offers a perfect opportunity to work onsite in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in IT.
• At least 7+ years in cloud engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable AWS data storage architectures.
• Lead cloud data migration initiatives from on-premises to AWS.
• Optimize data transfer performance and storage costs.

Skills

AWS DataSync

Amazon S3

CloudFormation

Terraform

AWS security best practices

CI/CD pipelines

Networking concepts

Job description

Role – AWS Cloud Engineer

Location – Minneapolis, MN (Onsite)

Job Type – C2C/W2

Need Local Candidate

Job Description

Minimum 10+ years of experience.

7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with at least 4+ years of hands‑on AWS experience.

• AWS DataSync
• Amazon S3 (replication, lifecycle policies, versioning, encryption)
• AWS SageMaker – large‑scale data storage and migration; proven experience migrating terabytes to petabytes of data from on‑premises environments to AWS.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts (VPN, Direct Connect, bandwidth optimization)
• Experience designing high‑availability, fault‑tolerant cloud architectures
• Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, or equivalent)
• Solid understanding of IAM, encryption (KMS), and AWS security best practices
• Ability to architect solutions, not just operate them
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost‑optimized AWS data storage architectures for large datasets
• Configure and manage AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Route 53, DataSync, S3 Replication, SageMaker, Glue, ELB, FSx, ECR, and Secrets Manager
• Lead on‑premises to AWS cloud data migration initiatives, including planning, execution, validation, and cutover
• Architect and configure AWS DataSync for high‑volume, reliable data transfers between on‑prem systems and AWS
• Implement and manage Amazon S3 replication (CRR/SRR), lifecycle policies, encryption, and access controls
• Design and develop machine learning models using AWS SageMaker, integrated with Jupyter Notebook, to enable scalable model training, evaluation, and deployment
• Design solutions for large data ingestion, archival, backup, and disaster recovery using AWS services
• Perform hands‑on implementation of AWS infrastructure using best practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar tools
• Optimize data transfer performance, storage costs, and data durability
• Collaborate with application, database, network, and security teams to ensure seamless integrations
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex data migration and storage issues
• Enforce AWS security, governance, and compliance standards for data protection