Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

NorthAB LLC; Michigan; Remote; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage

Flexible Paid Time Off

401(k) + Match

Mental Health Support & Well-Being

Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave

Education Assistance

Lifestyle Spending Account

Job summary

North is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to administer, build, operate, and secure a scalable cloud environment supporting core business operations. You will provide hands-on technical guidance, mentorship, and support to other cloud engineers, and drive automation with AI-driven tooling.

You will architect AWS infrastructure, manage cloud services and containers, implement infrastructure-as-code, and collaborate with DevOps teams to deploy and patch systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to cloud engineers.
• Extensive experience implementing, maintaining and securing Linux based systems (Ubuntu and RHEL preferred).
• Extensive experience using Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement AWS infrastructure to support users and customers.
• Build, support cloud infrastructure and services, apps, containers, etc., per best practices.

Skills

AWS expertise

Mentorship

Linux administration

Terraform

Ansible

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jira

Confluence

Git

Subversion

Job description

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

North - Remote (US)

Let’s go North, together.

Join our mission to build the largest suite of credit card processing and merchant services. It’s one simple payment platform backed by the most diverse payment companies. From credit card processing to back-office management, North points the way to smarter, faster, and just plain better payment solutions.

Job Summary

The Senior AWS Cloud Engineer is responsible for administering, building, operating, and maintaining a resilient, scalable, and secure cloud environment to support core business operations. This role provides hands‑on technical guidance, mentorship, and support to other cloud engineers as required. Additionally, the Senior AWS Cloud Engineer helps drive operational efficiency by identifying and integrating AI‑driven automation, AIOps, and AI toolsets across cloud computing environments to improve efficiencies within the cloud infrastructure.

What You'll Do

• Help architect and implement North’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure to support our users and customers.
• Perform cloud administration duties including building & supporting cloud infrastructure and services, applications, containers, etc. according to industry best practices and company strategy.
• Explore, evaluate, and integrate AI‑driven tools and agentic workflows (e.g., AI‑assisted IaC development, AIOps telemetry analysis, and automated troubleshooting) to increase engineering velocity and team productivity.
• Utilize infrastructure‑as‑code to automate and ensure consistency, efficiency, and security throughout the environment.
• Work closely with and support the DevOps teams to build and maintain their systems, including deployments, administration and patching.
• Provide technical support and guidance to teammates & cloud engineers.
• Additional responsibilities and projects as assigned by management.

What We Need From You

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to cloud engineers.
• Extensive experience implementing, maintaining and securing Linux based systems (Ubuntu and RHEL preferred).
• Extensive experience using Terraform and Ansible.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (Preferred)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Hands‑on experience with PCI‑DSS compliant infrastructure and security controls.
• Experience with multi‑cloud deployments (Google Cloud Platform).
• Scripting/Programming proficiency in Python, Bash, or Perl.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Subversion, and Git

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that enables our teams to live a life well lived, both personally and professionally. Some of our perks include:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• 401(k) + Match
• Mental Health Support & Well‑Being Program
• Paid Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Education Assistance
• Company‑funded Lifestyle Spending Account

Salary Range

$104,500-$149,500, 5% annual bonus

Pay within this range varies by work location and on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. We look forward to discussing your salary expectations and our full total rewards offerings throughout the interview process.

Please note

North is a US‑based company and no sponsorship is available for this position at this time.

Who we are

North, and our family of companies, are committed to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses. As an end‑to‑end payment solutions company, we provide everything business owners need to get paid, whether they serve customers in a physical storefront, online, or both. We pride ourselves on being large enough to offer customized solutions to our enterprise‑level clients while remaining agile enough to take an award‑winning, hands‑on approach to personal service that our merchants won’t find anywhere else.

Let’s go North, together! Our most important resource is our people. Join our diverse team of innovators and do‑ers and make your mark on the future of payments technology. We're proud to offer benefits that help our team members further their overall well‑being through unique initiatives that are both personally and professionally fulfilling.

At North, we celebrate diversity and create an inclusive environment for everyone. We are an equal opportunity employer.

To learn more about North, and our family of companies, visit our website: north.com