Senior AWS Automation Engineer — Python & IaC Expert

System One; Birmingham (AL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

System One in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer to join a hybrid team focused on automating AWS infrastructure, networking, and security. You will leverage Python and IaC to build scalable automation solutions and modernize cloud environments.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence over traditional DevOps, requiring hands-on experience with AWS networking, CloudFormation, and reusable automation frameworks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT/software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on AWS infrastructure and cloud automation experience.
• Mandatory Python development experience.
• Experience automating infrastructure rather than console-based admin.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking and network security.
• Hands-on IaC experience with AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience building scalable automation frameworks and scripts.
• Strong problem-solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance AWS infrastructure automation frameworks.
• Build Python-based automation for AWS infrastructure, networking, and security.
• Automate provisioning and management of AWS networking resources.
• Automate VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs.
• Develop IaC solutions using AWS CloudFormation.
• Automate cloud network provisioning, security controls, routing, configuration management.
• Maintain and enhance existing production automation platforms and scripts.
• Develop solutions for network security automation and network monitoring/enrichment.
• Support automation for deployment of new AWS networking services.
• Leverage AWS-native services to build event-driven and scalable automation solutions.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Information Security, and engineering teams.
• Work within an Agile, sprint-based development environment.

Skills

Python

AWS

IaC

CloudFormation

Networking

Network security

Automation frameworks

Automation tooling

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

Job description

System One in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer to join a hybrid team focused on automating AWS infrastructure, networking, and security. You will leverage Python and IaC to build scalable automation solutions and modernize cloud environments.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence over traditional DevOps, requiring hands-on experience with AWS networking, CloudFormation, and reusable automation frameworks.