Platform Engineer (AWS) - Remote

NTT DATA Services•Toronto, ON

17d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer with strong expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to design, build, secure, and operate scalable cloud platforms. The role focuses on enabling engineering and product teams by providing reliable, automated, and secure cloud infrastructure following DevOps and platform engineering best practices.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in cloud or platform engineering.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS services and architecture.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Strong Linux administration and scripting skills (Python, Bash).
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
Knowledge of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or equivalent).
Experience with SRE practices and platform reliability engineering.
Experience supporting large-scale, multi-account AWS environments.
Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as SOC2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Ability to work in fast-paced, agile environments.
Ownership mindset with a focus on reliability and automation.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain AWS-based cloud platforms and shared services.
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
Build CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments and platform reliability.
Manage cloud networking, security, identity, and access management.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud resources for performance and cost.
Collaborate with application, DevOps, and SRE teams to improve developer experience.
Ensure platform compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards.
Design architectures using AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
Implement high availability, disaster recovery, and scalability patterns.
Optimize cloud cost using AWS cost management and monitoring tools.
Maintain secure networking including VPC design, security groups, NACLs, and load balancers.
Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployments.
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
Promote DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.