AWS Cloud Engineer

Role : AWS Cloud Engineer
Location : SFO /Scottsdale AZ (onsite)
Rate : $65/hr.
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Experienced AWS Cloud Engineer with 510 years of hands-on expertise in designing, building, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS. The ideal candidate will be highly proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and have a strong understanding of cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps practices. Experience with Harness (CI/CD platform) is a strong plus.Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Automate cloud provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams to build cloud-native solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, preferably using Harness or similar tools.
• Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure performance and reliability.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices, compliance standards, and cost optimization strategies.
• Manage AWS services including compute, storage, networking, databases, and security services.
• Support disaster recovery and high availability architecture design.
• Document architecture, processes, and system configurations.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 510 years of experience in cloud engineering or related roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, Glue etc.).
• Expertise in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and architecture principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, etc.).
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.