Senior AWS Platform Engineer & Cloud Platform Lead

UST; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

UST is seeking a Lead AWS Platform Engineer to define and implement cloud platform standards, patterns, and best practices. The role focuses on AWS platform engineering, security governance, and automated infrastructure delivery in a hybrid Ohio environment.

The position requires extensive AWS experience, IaC proficiency, and the ability to lead modernization projects while collaborating with Security, Architecture, and Development teams.

Qualifications

• 6 to 7 years of IT infrastructure/platform engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS networking, security, and infrastructure services.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Experience managing multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Shell, or PowerShell.
• Experience with container platforms such as EKS and Docker.
• Hands-on experience implementing cloud security frameworks and controls
• Technical Skills AWS Services EC2, S3, EBS, EFS VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53 IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager Organizations, Control Tower CloudWatch, CloudTrail Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config ALB, NLB, WAF, Shield EKS, ECS Lambda Infrastructure & Automation Terraform AWS CloudFormation AWS CDK Ansible GitHub Actions Networking TCP/IP DNS VPN Direct Connect BGP Routing Firewalls Load Balancing Hybrid Connectivity
• Security Identity & Access Management Encryption & Key Management
• Zero Trust Architecture Security Compliance Vulnerability Management Cloud Security Best Practices
• Preferred Certifications
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Responsibilities

• Lead AWS Platform Engineering design, development, and maintenance of enterprise cloud platforms.
• Head cloud adoption, migration, and modernization initiatives.
• Establish highly available, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Build automated provisioning frameworks for AWS resources.
• Create reusable infrastructure modules and blueprints.
• Automate environment creation, configuration management, and deployment processes with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and implement cloud security controls aligned with enterprise requirements.
• Manage IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access; implement AWS security services.
• Design AWS networking across multi-account environments (VPCs, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, Route 53, NACLs, Firewalls).
• Troubleshoot complex networking and connectivity issues.
• Implement observability and monitoring using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS X-Ray, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to cloud engineers.
• Partner with Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Development teams; participate in architecture reviews and governance forums.
• Drive platform engineering best practices across the organization.

Skills

AWS engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Networking

Security controls

Python scripting

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Job description

UST is seeking a Lead AWS Platform Engineer to define and implement cloud platform standards, patterns, and best practices. The role focuses on AWS platform engineering, security governance, and automated infrastructure delivery in a hybrid Ohio environment.

The position requires extensive AWS experience, IaC proficiency, and the ability to lead modernization projects while collaborating with Security, Architecture, and Development teams.