Remote Senior AWS Platform Engineer & EKS Expert

Gravity IT Resources; Cincinnati (OH); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravity IT Resources is seeking a hands-on Sr. AWS Solutions Architect for a contract role in Cincinnati, OH (remote).

You will architect, deploy, and support production AWS infrastructure with strong emphasis on EKS, IaC, and automation. The ideal candidate has deep experience implementing AWS solutions end-to-end, including Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform/CloudFormation, and IAM governance, and can explain architectural decisions in detail.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS architect with production experience.
• Experience building and operating EKS clusters and Kubernetes networking.
• Proficient in Terraform and CloudFormation for automated deployments.
• Strong IAM skills including Roles and Policies and VPC security.
• Experience leading migrations and modernization initiatives in AWS.
• Familiarity with AWS AI services (Bedrock) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on build and manage EKS clusters with 3 worker nodes.
• Configure IAM roles and permissions for workloads.
• Develop and maintain IaC pipelines using Terraform/CloudFormation.
• Troubleshoot EKS networking and IAM issues in production.
• Lead migration from on-prem or other clouds to AWS.

Skills

AWS EC2

VPC

Route Tables

Security Groups

NACLs

Route 53

Load Balancers

Auto Scaling

Transit Gateway

Direct Connect

VPN

IAM

IAM Roles

IAM Policies

EKS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Automated deployments

Lambda

EventBridge

Step Functions

SSM

MGN

DMS

CloudEndure

Bedrock

RAG

Q

OpenSearch

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

IRSA

SSM

Bedrock

OpenSearch

Job description

Gravity IT Resources is seeking a hands-on Sr. AWS Solutions Architect for a contract role in Cincinnati, OH (remote).

You will architect, deploy, and support production AWS infrastructure with strong emphasis on EKS, IaC, and automation. The ideal candidate has deep experience implementing AWS solutions end-to-end, including Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform/CloudFormation, and IAM governance, and can explain architectural decisions in detail.