Remote AWS Cloud Engineer - 24/7 Migration & Modernization

Insight Global (United States); United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Cloud Engineer to migrate and modernize a legacy CMS application into AWS. You will work on cloud automation, IaC, and containerized environments (Kubernetes/EKS), with CI/CD and DevSecOps integration. The role supports a 24/7 production environment and requires Public Trust clearance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, Terraform/CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, and scripting skills, plus the ability to work through ambiguity and communicate tradeoffs clearly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
• Experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• Hands‑on Kubernetes/EKS and container tech experience.
• CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, Jenkins and GitHub preferred.
• Scripting in Python, Go, Groovy, Bash or similar.
• Strong cloud networking fundamentals (VPCs, connectivity, routing).
• Security integrated into deployment processes.
• Excellent troubleshooting and discovery skills.
• Ability to evaluate open-ended requirements and autonomously implement solutions.
• Detail‑oriented in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Eligible for Public Trust clearance; rotating on‑call and some off‑hours releases.

Responsibilities

• Support migration of a legacy app into AWS within a tight timeline.
• Deploy and manage workloads via Kubernetes/EKS and IaC tooling.
• Develop and extend Jenkins CI/CD pipelines; implement DevSecOps controls.
• Automate using Python/Go/Groovy/Bash; enable monitoring and resiliency.
• Provide on‑call support for 24/7 production environment.

Skills

AWS Cloud Infra

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Kubernetes (EKS)

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Scripting

Linux

Networking (VPCs)

Security integration

Troubleshooting

Open-ended problem solving

On-call readiness

Education

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub

Python

Go

Groovy

Bash

Kubernetes

EKS

VPN/Networking

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Cloud Engineer to migrate and modernize a legacy CMS application into AWS. You will work on cloud automation, IaC, and containerized environments (Kubernetes/EKS), with CI/CD and DevSecOps integration. The role supports a 24/7 production environment and requires Public Trust clearance.

The ideal candidate has hands-on AWS, Terraform/CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker, and scripting skills, plus the ability to work through ambiguity and communicate tradeoffs clearly.