Network / System Engineer

MSP•Jersey City, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer Lead (AWS) for a hybrid position with a global financial institution. The role is part of a platform engineering team and focuses on building and evolving a self-service AWS platform that helps internal technology teams deploy and operate services securely, consistently, and efficiently in a regulated financial environment. The engineer contributes reusable infrastructure services, Terraform modules, and automated delivery pipelines that integrate into a cohesive platform offering. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. The position requires working onsite three days per week and is located in Charlotte, North Carolina; Plano, Texas; or Jersey City, New Jersey. The stated pay range is $60.24–$68.24 per hour.

Requirements

Minimum of a 7-year degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
At least 5 years of working experience as a Cloud Automation Engineer.
Significant experience writing HashiCorp Terraform configurations and modules.
Experience with Terraform Enterprise (TFE) for resource provisioning.
Experience with DevOps and GitOps models involving infrastructure as code, configuration as code, and policy as code.
Ability to translate designs into fully developed Terraform code.
Strong knowledge of AWS and cloud adoption frameworks.
Understanding of cloud networking concepts, including subnets, routing, load balancing, firewalls, and cloud security.
Experience building highly available IaaS and PaaS solutions in enterprise-scale environments.
Understanding of landing zones, cloud-native security, monitoring and logging tools, and Well-Architected Framework principles.
Experience with container-related technologies and CI/CD tools, including Jenkins, pipelines, and container repositories.
Experience with programming and infrastructure-automation tools, including Terraform, Ansible, Java, and Python.
Experience with cloud logging, monitoring, and observability tools.
Proficiency in at least one scripting language, such as Bash or Python.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the financial services industry.
Experience with various public cloud service providers.
Experience on technology and infrastructure teams.
Experience in Linux/UNIX system administration.
Experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.

Responsibilities

Translate business and platform requirements into technical definitions, reference architectures, Terraform modules, and reusable platform patterns.
Design, build, and maintain Terraform infrastructure as code to provision AWS services in a scalable, consistent, and compliant manner.
Contribute to a self-service AWS platform by creating standardized golden paths and templates.
Develop and maintain automation and CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
Embed security-by-design principles and secure defaults into platform services.
Support governance and guardrails to ensure infrastructure meets internal security, risk, and regulatory requirements.
Develop software and automation to eliminate manual processes and improve platform usability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Assist in evaluating and adopting third-party tools and AWS services.
Collaborate with Technical Analysts, Infrastructure Engineers, and application teams.
Contribute to defining and evaluating functional and non-functional requirements for platform services.
Use AI/ML services to accelerate platform development.
Develop and maintain Python-based automation and tooling, including AWS Lambda-based workflows.
Contribute to event-driven and serverless platform components using AWS services.
Support secure and scalable network architecture implementation.
Contribute subject-matter expertise in AWS, Terraform, and platform engineering practices.
Contribute to observability and operational excellence, including monitoring, alerting, and continuous improvement of platform reliability and resilience.