Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

Acestack; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Acestack in Irvine, CA is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to design and implement cloud infra for migration waves, including compute, storage, networking, and IAM.

You will deploy EC2, EKS, load balancers, and configuration management, while collaborating with app teams to validate connectivity. The role emphasizes troubleshooting across OS, networking, and cloud layers, with strong focus on Terraform, CI/CD, and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS EC2, EKS, VPC, and cloud-native deployments.
• Deep understanding of AWS migration processes and rehost/replatform strategies.
• Knowledge of S3, EFS, FSx, EBS, and storage lifecycle/backup policies.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform modules, workspaces, and state management.
• Familiarity with Java/.NET apps, TIBCO ESB, and infra dependencies during migration.
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) and Windows Server administration.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, networking, and cloud infra layers.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and automation pipelines.
• Ability to read HLD/LLDs and convert them into working infra builds.
• Understanding of cloud security, IAM, policies, tagging, and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with AWS EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, storage services, and load balancers.
• Experience with AWS migration tools, automation frameworks, and hybrid networking.
• Familiarity with integration to Oracle Exadata on AWS and SQL Server.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud observability.
• Ability to operate within cloud governance, cost control, and compliance guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Implement AWS infra for migration waves including compute, storage, network, IAM.
• Deploy and configure EC2, AMIs, scaling, load balancers, and network components.
• Support EKS setup including clusters, node groups, networking, and deployments.
• Build Terraform modules ensuring repeatable infra provisioning.
• Work with app teams to validate configs, env variables, scripts, and connectivity.
• Troubleshoot OS, network ACL/SG issues, and app deployment failures.
• Assist DB and ESB teams to validate connectivity for Oracle, Exadata, SQL, TIBCO.
• Implement monitoring with CloudWatch, logging agents, alarms, and dashboards.
• Support migration cutovers via validation, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Prepare documentation, execution steps, validation logs, and runbooks.

Skills

AWS EC2

AWS EKS

VPC networking

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Linux administration

Windows administration

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Hybrid networking

IAM and policies

Tools

Terraform

Git

CloudWatch

Job description

Job Title: Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA

Full Time

Job Description

Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Strong experience with AWS EC2, EKS, VPC networking, and cloud-native deployments.
• Deep understanding of AWS migration processes and rehost/replatform strategies.
• Knowledge of S3, EFS, FSx, EBS, and storage lifecycle/backup policies.
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform modules, workspaces, and state management.
• Familiarity with Java/.NET apps, TIBCO ESB, and infra dependencies during migration.
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) and Windows Server (2016 2025) administration.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across OS, networking, and cloud infra layers.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and automation pipelines.
• Ability to read HLD/LLDs and convert them into working infra builds.
• Understanding of cloud security, IAM, policies, tagging, and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with AWS EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, storage services, and load balancers.
• Experience with AWS migration tools, automation frameworks, and hybrid networking.
• Familiarity with integration to Oracle Exadata on AWS and SQL Server.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud observability.
• Ability to operate within cloud governance, cost control, and compliance guidelines.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Implement AWS infra for migration waves including compute, storage, network, IAM.
• Deploy and configure EC2, AMIs, scaling, load balancers, and network components.
• Support EKS setup including clusters, node groups, networking, and deployments.
• Build Terraform modules ensuring repeatable infra provisioning.
• Work with app teams to validate configs, env variables, scripts, and connectivity.
• Troubleshoot OS, network ACL/SG issues, and app deployment failures.
• Assist DB and ESB teams to validate connectivity for Oracle, Exadata, SQL, TIBCO.
• Implement monitoring with CloudWatch, logging agents, alarms, and dashboards.
• Support migration cutovers via validation, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Prepare documentation, execution steps, validation logs, and runbooks.