Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

Northern Base; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Base is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer in Irvine, CA to lead cloud migrations and infra deployments. You will design and implement compute, storage, network, and IAM layers, with strong emphasis on automation and governance.

The role requires hands-on AWS experience across EC2, EKS, VPC, and automation tooling. Responsibilities include building Terraform modules, validating configurations with app teams, and ensuring reliable monitoring with CloudWatch.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud engineering and migration projects.
• Strong hands-on with AWS EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, and storage services.
• Experience building and managing automated infra with Terraform.

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 Cloud Engineering

EC2 & EKS

VPC Networking

Kubernetes

Security & IAM

Linux Administration

Windows Server Administration

CI/CD Pipelines

Tools

Terraform

Git

CloudWatch

Terraform Modules

Oracle Exadata

SQL Server

Job description

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.