Senior AWS Platform Engineer - Hybrid MD | CI/CD & FinOps

Place; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home/office flexibility

PTO as needed

Healthcare coverage

401(k) match

Stock option grants

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

PLACE is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to architect and govern our enterprise AWS platform, driving CI/CD and infrastructure automation while ensuring security, reliability, and cost efficiency across teams.

You will partner with leadership to define standards, mentor engineers, and shape scaling strategies as PLACE grows toward its IPO trajectory. This hybrid role is based in Bethesda, MD.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS platform expert with architecture and operations experience.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Strong focus on security, reliability, and cost optimization at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise AWS infrastructure using IaC and cloud standards.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and deployment patterns; optimize costs without sacrificing reliability.
• Design, implement, and govern CI/CD pipelines across multiple teams; standardize deployments.
• Design and maintain load-testing environments and automated performance benchmarks; validate auto-scaling for AWS workloads.
• Implement security controls including IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager with least-privilege access.
• Configure and maintain WAF/Shield policies and API Gateway governance.
• Implement observability using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and CloudTrail; lead root-cause analyses.
• Mentor engineers on AWS, DevOps, automation, and cloud-native architecture; lead design reviews.
• Collaborate with product/engineering teams to align infrastructure delivery with business priorities.

Skills

AWS

IaC

CI/CD

Security

Cloud Cost

Mentoring

Tools

CodePipeline

CodeBuild

CodeDeploy

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

PLACE is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to architect and govern our enterprise AWS platform, driving CI/CD and infrastructure automation while ensuring security, reliability, and cost efficiency across teams.

You will partner with leadership to define standards, mentor engineers, and shape scaling strategies as PLACE grows toward its IPO trajectory. This hybrid role is based in Bethesda, MD.