AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: Long Term Contract

Visa :  (GC,USC,GC-EAD)

Exp - 12+years
 

Responsibilities

•  Design, implement, and operate AWS foundation services (VPC, IAM, KMS, S3, CloudWatch, Config, Guard Duty, Security Hub).

•  Build landing zones, guardrails, and governance frameworks.

• Develop Python-based automation (Lambda, Step Functions, IAM policy enforcement).

• Use CloudFormation and Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

• Implement CI/CD pipelines with AWS Code Pipeline and related services.

• Integrate AWS services with Kubernetes (EKS).

• Implement networking and security controls (VPC peering, Transit Gateway, Private Link, WAF).

• Manage multi-account environments with AWS Organizations and Control Tower.

•  Automate provisioning, patching, and lifecycle management.

•  Monitor reliability, availability, and security posture using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana.

• Troubleshoot AWS, networking, and Kubernetes issues.
 

Required Skill Set-

•  AWS Expertise – VPC, IAM, KMS, S3, CloudTrail, Config, Guard Duty, Control Tower, Organizations.

•   Python Development – Strong experience with Lambda, Step Functions, IAM automation.

•   Infrastructure as Code – CloudFormation and Terraform.

•   CI/CD – AWS Code Pipeline, Code Build, Code Deploy.

•   Networking & Security – VPC design, Transit Gateway, Private Link, WAF, Security Groups, NACLs.

•   Identity & Governance – IAM, SSO, federation, RBAC, IdP integration.

•   Monitoring & Observability – CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Dynatrace.