AWS Cloud Engineer

Description: AWS Cloud Engineer / Operations Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled AWS Cloud Engineer with a strong focus on operations to join our growing IT team. This role is critical to maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing our AWS environments, ensuring stability, security, and performance. The ideal candidate will bring deep AWS expertise, operational skills, and a proactive approach to cloud management. This position requires someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, can work independently, and is capable of addressing both immediate operational needs and long-term cloud optimization goals. Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Rate: $60 - $80 / hr. w2 Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities AWS Infrastructure Management: Maintain and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure to support scalable, resilient applications. Monitor system health, troubleshoot performance issues, and make adjustments to meet changing business demands. Operational Monitoring and Support: Develop and implement monitoring solutions to ensure high availability, security, and performance of AWS environments. Provide operational support and respond to incidents swiftly to minimize downtime. Automation and Scripting: Use scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) to automate routine tasks, including monitoring, backups, and deployments, to increase operational efficiency. Security and Compliance: Implement AWS security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, and logging. Ensure all operations align with security and compliance standards. Collaboration with Development and DevOps Teams: Work closely with development and DevOps teams to support deployment pipelines, manage configurations, and enable seamless application updates and scaling. Documentation and Process Optimization: Maintain comprehensive documentation for AWS infrastructure, operations procedures, and troubleshooting guidelines. Continuously evaluate and improve operational processes for efficiency and reliability. Experience Requirements: Technical Skills AWS Proficiency: Extensive experience with AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, IAM, and Lambda. Operations and Monitoring: Proven ability to manage and monitor AWS environments, including incident response, root cause analysis, and performance tuning. Scripting and Automation: Strong scripting skills with Python, Bash, or similar languages for automating cloud operations. Security Best Practices: In-depth knowledge of AWS security practices, including identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and compliance standards. CI/CD Pipeline Support: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, integrating with tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline. Containerization and Orchestration (Optional): Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/ECS is a plus. Education Requirements: Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience. AWS Certification: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or equivalent preferred. Experience: Minimum of 5 years in AWS cloud operations, with a proven track record in infrastructure management and monitoring. Additional Skills: Familiarity with Agile methodologies and experience with operational tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, or other monitoring solutions.