Senior AWS Cloud Engineer - (US - Remote)

ICF•Reston, VA

1d•$108,476 - $184,409•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ideal candidate will have expertise in cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, system administration experience, and security best practices, ensuring high availability and performance of cloud-based applications and services.

Requirements

5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
Strong expertise in AWS core services: EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda, and IAM.
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration.
System administration experience in Windows and/or Linux environments, including configuring users, groups, and permissions.
Proficiency in scripting/programming (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
Knowledge of networking concepts (VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, VPNs).
Understanding of cloud security and best practices.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Bachelors degree in related field
Development experience in a typed language (C#, Java)
Exposure to big data services like AWS Glue, Athena, or Redshift and analytic tools like QuickSight (Quick Suite) or Tableau.
Hands-on experience with monitoring tools like Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk.
Experience managing container infrastructure with Kubernetes, AWS ECS, or AWS Fargate.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud solutions to meet business and technical requirements.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
Ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability of cloud-based applications, and ensure appropriate backup policies are in place with tools like AWS DLM, AWS Backup, and S3 lifecycle management.
Configure appropriate configuration management, secret management for EC2 instances, container images, lambda runtimes, RDS instances, and other infrastructure.
Automate deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline).
Manage a fleet of EC2 instances within autoscaling groups, configuring launch templates, ALBs, NLBs, and AWS WAF.
Manage patching instances and containers with Systems Manager and ECR.
Implement serverless solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and Step Functions.
Implement security best practices using AWS IAM, Security Hub, AWS Inspector, AWS Config, KMS, and GuardDuty.
Developing lambda functions to handle routine operational tasks.
Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP, etc.).
Conduct vulnerability assessments and security audits on AWS resources.
Monitor cloud performance using AWS CloudWatch logs and alarms.
Optimize cost and resource utilization with AWS Trusted Advisor and Cost Explorer.
Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and provide timely resolutions.
Work closely with developers, security teams, and stakeholders to ensure seamless cloud adoption.
Maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams and standard operating procedures.
Provide mentorship and training on AWS best practices.