Job Title: AWS Engineer
Location: San Ramon, CA(Remote)
Duration: 24 Months + Extension
Bill Rate: $79/hour (C2C)
Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C
Client: To Be Discussed Later
Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

• Investigate, Architect, deploy, and manage cloud-based infrastructure on AWS using services such as EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, ECS,EKS,RDS, DynamoDB, and more.

• Design scalable and highly available systems that meet business requirements.

• Create, manage, and optimize AWS cloud environments and resources (e.g., security groups, VPCs, IAM roles).

• Automate cloud infrastructure provisioning using tools like AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible.

• Write scripts to automate repetitive tasks (e.g., with Python, Bash, or PowerShell)

• Ensure security best practices for AWS services, including network security (firewalls, VPNs), IAM, encryption, and access control.

• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure compliance and security (using AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail).

• Conduct regular security assessments and audits of cloud environments.

• Monitor and optimize cloud resource usage to reduce costs while ensuring system performance.

• Provide recommendations for cost-effective cloud architecture and resource scaling

• Analyze logs, metrics, and cloud monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, New Relic) to troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks.

• Work closely with software developers, operations teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver cloud solutions.

• Provide technical guidance and support for cloud-based initiatives

Required Skills & Experience:

• Experience : 10 + years in aws, working as a platform engineer.

• Hands-on expertise with AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, ECS/Fargate).

• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform) and CI/CD tooling.

• Experience with container orchestration, automation scripting (Python, Bash), and cloud networking principles.

• Solid knowledge of security, encryption, and compliance in AWS environments.

• Effective collaboration and documentation skills with cross-functional technical teams.