AWS Cloud Platform Engineer

In this role, the successful candidate will work as a key contributor within a cloud platform team, focusing on automation, infrastructure as code, and secure delivery pipelines to: collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver well-architected solutions aligned with industry best practices.

Our client is looking to hire a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Contractor) with hands-on experience in AWS infrastructure to help build and support cloud-native environments., * 7+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering, including 5+ years of direct experience with AWS.

• Proven experience designing production-grade cloud infrastructure in regulated environments.

• Deep understanding of cloud security, networking, identity and access management, and governance within AWS.

• Advanced knowledge of networking (firewalls, DNS, Load Balancing, Proxies, etc.)

• Proficiency in a scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Shell).

• Experience with continuous integration/delivery pipelines and GitOps workflows.

• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

• Experience with multi-account cloud architecture, landing zones, or control tower setups.

• Familiarity with zero-trust architecture, data encryption, and key management systems (KMS).

• Strong proficiency with using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to build cloud infrastructure solutions and automating cloud deployments.

• Prior experience in financial services, fintech, or other regulated industries.

• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., EKS/Kubernetes).

• Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, or Dynatrace, as well as AWS native tools

• Experience optimizing cost and performance across large-scale cloud environments.

• Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in cloud engineering communities.

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