Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

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

Job summary

SFE in Irvine, CA is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer to lead migration and cloud infra builds.

You will deploy EC2/EKS, manage Terraform modules, ensure security, and collaborate with app teams to validate configs. This onsite full-time role requires strong knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, and cost governance.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS EC2, EKS, VPC networking and cloud-native deployments.
• Deep understanding of AWS migration, rehost and replatform strategies.
• Knowledge of S3, EFS, FSx, EBS, and storage lifecycle/backup policies.
• Hands-on with Terraform modules, workspaces, and state management.
• Familiarity with Java/.NET apps, TIBCO ESB, and migration dependencies.
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) and Windows Server (2016-2025) administration.
• Strong troubleshooting across OS, networking, and cloud infra layers.
• Experience with CI/CD, Git 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 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

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Windows Server

Cloud security

IAM

Monitoring/CloudWatch

Oracle Exadata integration

Tools

Terraform

Git

CloudWatch

Job description

Job Title: Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Fulltime

Roles & Responsibilities:

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.