AWS Cloud Engineer

Infosys Pontoon • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

We are looking for a seasoned AWS Cloud Engineer with 5–8 years of hands-on experience in designing, deploying, managing, and optimizing enterprise-scale AWS cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across core AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps, containerization, Kubernetes, Linux administration, and cloud migration/modernization. The candidate will play a key role in driving cloud transformation initiatives, establishing cloud governance, optimizing cloud operations, and enabling enterprise adoption of AWS best practices.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with the AWS Cloud Platform.
• Expertise in AWS services including: EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Lambda CloudFront API Gateway Route 53 ECS/EKS CloudWatch
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using: Terraform AWS CloudFormation AWS CDK
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix administration.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains.
• Strong expertise in Docker and Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with cloud migration, modernization, and transformation projects.
• Strong scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working on large-scale AWS migration and modernization programs.
• Experience with enterprise cloud governance and security.
• Experience with Terraform and reusable IaC modules.
• Experience with AWS EKS/ECS and production container environments.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar tools.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in Agile/DevOps environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and manage enterprise-scale AWS cloud environments.
• Implement and manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, Route 53, ECS/EKS, and CloudWatch.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Lead and contribute to AWS cloud migration, modernization, and transformation initiatives for enterprise applications.
• Design and implement secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-optimized AWS architectures.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar DevOps tools.
• Implement containerization solutions using Docker and container orchestration using Kubernetes/EKS.
• Manage Linux/Unix-based cloud infrastructure and troubleshoot operating-system and application-level issues.
• Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell to improve operational efficiency.
• Implement cloud monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational best practices using AWS CloudWatch and related tools.
• Implement AWS security best practices around IAM, networking, access control, encryption, and resource governance.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to support cloud adoption.
• Identify opportunities for cloud optimization, automation, scalability, reliability, and cost reduction.
• Troubleshoot complex AWS infrastructure, networking, container, and deployment issues.
• Establish and follow AWS best practices for governance, security, availability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Support enterprise adoption of standardized cloud architecture and DevOps practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree