Cloud Engineer - AWS

Job Title: Cloud Engineer - AWS
Workplace Type: Hybrid-3 Days Onsite (White Plains, NY)
Employment Type: Contract (6 months) to Direct Hire

Overview:
Join a dynamic cloud architecture team as a hands-on Cloud Engineer, focusing on designing, building, and automating cloud-native solutions within a secure AWS environment. In this role, you'll collaborate across various teams to translate cloud standards into scalable, automated, and observable solutions. If you're passionate about cloud infrastructure, serverless architectures, and automation, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking organization.

Required Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, and S3
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS SAM, and CloudFormation
• Strong CI/CD automation skills, with experience in GitHub Actions
• Development expertise in Python, Node.js, and/or Java, along with REST API development and middleware integrations
• Understanding of cloud security concepts including IAM, OAuth 2.0, secrets management
• Familiarity with observability tools like Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, and distributed tracing techniques
• Ability to troubleshoot across application, networking, and infrastructure layers

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with Spring Boot / Java, Dynatrace, PostgreSQL, and RDS Proxy
• Knowledge of Docker/containerized workloads and AWS Control Tower / Landing Zones
• Exposure to AWS AI services like Amazon Bedrock or AgentCore
• AWS certifications

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• Prior experience supporting cloud infrastructure and application workloads in a production environment

Other Requirements:

• Willingness to work onsite three days a week in White Plains, NY
• Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, application, and networking layers

Bring your cloud expertise to a role where you can leverage your full range of skills to deliver innovative, automated solutions—apply today to be part of this exciting opportunity!