Senior AWS Engineer - Remote - Contract

HR Genie; Gauteng; Remote; ZAR 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A global tech firm is seeking a Senior AWS Engineer to join their team in Gauteng on a remote contract basis. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of cloud engineering experience with strong AWS skills. Responsibilities include designing AWS infrastructure, automating provisioning with IaC tools, and optimizing cloud performance. This role offers stability, growth, and an attractive working environment.

Benefits

Attractive rates

Great working environment

Stability and growth

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Professional) are a plus.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS-based infrastructure solutions using best practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud environments for performance.

Skills

AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Scripting languages (Python, Bash)

Containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS)

DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK stack)

Job description

Overview

Senior AWS Engineer - Remote - Contract

Position Info

Our Client a Global tech firm, is seeking a Senior AWS Engineer to join their team in Gauteng (Remote) on a contract basis. They offer stability, growth, attractive rates and a great working environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AWS-based infrastructure solutions using best practices.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud environments for performance and cost-efficiency.
• Ensure security and compliance through proper IAM policies, encryption, and auditing.
• Collaborate with DevOps, development, and security teams to support CI / CD pipelines and application deployments.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for cloud-related issues.
• Stay current with AWS services and recommend improvements or new technologies.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.

Qualifications

• Matric and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS) and orchestration.
• Understanding of networking, security, and cloud architecture principles.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Professional) are a plus.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI / CD, etc.).
• Exposure to monitoring and logging tools (Datadog, Prometheus, ELK stack).