Senior Systems Engineer – AWS & Security

Global Rabbits LLC.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Global Rabbits LLC is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for a remote, contractor role focused on AWS infrastructure and security. You will help design, implement, and maintain secure cloud environments while ensuring reliability and scalability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in systems engineering with strong AWS skills, experience with security controls, and proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell, and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in systems engineering with AWS experience.
• Experience implementing AWS security controls and IAM policy design.
• Familiarity with data lake security monitoring and logging.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure with security emphasis.
• Automate tasks using Terraform, PowerShell, or similar tools.
• Maintain system hardening, patching, and incident response.
• Support DR/HA configurations and runbooks.
• Collaborate with teams to meet security requirements.
• Document systems and configurations clearly.

Skills

Strong English

5+ years experience

AWS infrastructure

Security best practices

Education

AWS Certification (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

PowerShell

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

SIEM

Job description

This is a remote position. Global Rabbits is a true Nearshore provider, attracting the best talent from LATAM and providing our customers with top tier results while offering a cost effective solution. We partner with our clients by building digital teams that extend their capabilities and allow them to leverage our talented nearshore resources.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Systems Engineer contractor with deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and security best practices. This role will support our Infrastructure & Operations team, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security of our systems, with a focus on implementing and maintaining AWS security controls.

Requirements Core Responsibilities:

• Manage and optimize AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM,CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub, etc.) with a strong emphasis on security best practices.
• Implement and maintain security monitoring, logging, and alerting in alignment with AWS Data Lake Security Monitoring Recommendations.
• Automate infrastructure tasks using PowerShell, Terraform, or equivalent tooling.
• Maintain and improve system hardening, patching, and configuration standards.
• Assist in troubleshooting escalated infrastructure issues and providing root cause analysis.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and high availability configurations for critical workloads.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure infrastructure security requirements are met for all projects.
• Maintain clear and up-to-date documentation for systems, processes, and configurations.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years in systems engineering roles, with strong AWS cloud infrastructure experience (IaaS and PaaS).
• Proven experience implementing AWS security controls, including IAM policy design, key management, encryption, logging, and monitoring.
• Familiarity withAWS Data Lake architecturesand security monitoring best practices.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructureautomation tools(Terraform, CloudFormation, PowerShell, etc.).
• Strong understanding of system hardening (Windows and Linux), patch management, and security compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, PCI, etc.).
• Experience withmonitoring tools and alerting systems(CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar).
• Strong troubleshooting skills in hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Strong communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Security – Specialty.
• Experience with security event correlation tools (SIEM) and integration with AWS logging services.
• Experience with ELK Stack (Elastic Stack) management and/or implementation.
• Familiarity with data lake security in large-scale analytics environments.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes and change management.

Engagement Details:

• Contract role, full-time hours (PST)
• Expected to be available for escalations and urgent troubleshooting when needed.

This position is remote for LATAM-based applicants.

Originally posted on Himalayas