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# Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS

- **Company:** The Hartford
- **Location:** Hartford, CT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $137,200.0 - $205,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Disaster Recovery, Fault Tolerance, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Software Architecture, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, YAML, System Availability, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloudformation, Servicebus, Information Technology, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform
- **Published:** May 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/565CD78B894942E5B7C61F92EF8613CB/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelorsdegree in Computer Science, Math, or any Engineering
 * 2+yearsPython experience
 * 1+yearsInfrastructure as Code experience, like Terraform,CloudFormation, CDK
 * 4+ years software development experience
 * Great oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

 * 2+yearssoftware architecture and systems design experience
 * Strong software development knowledge
 * Strong technical knowledge of AWSor GCPrelating to application development.
 * Software Architecture or Systems Engineering experience
 * Ability to write code to automate manual processes
 * Ability to communicate at all levels within an organization and influence leadership.
 * Proven ability to work with cross functional teams and translate requirements between business, project management and technical projects or programs.

Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship. The company will not support the STEM OPT I-983 Training Plan endorsement for this position.

## Description

* Leadprojectsin AWS and GCPand break down workfor engineers
 * Identify, drive and lead in the implementation of productsand reference implementationsto standardize how we deploy applications in AWSand GCP. Designs reusable architectures and services that can be leveraged by agile teams to improve development velocity.
 * Knows how applications should be engineered by following fault tolerate best practices, with proper data replications and multi region support.
 * Develops applications in Python to support automating manual processes and repeatable decision making.
 * Develops Infrastructure as Code (IaC) usingTerraform andCloudFormation templates, YAML files, build specifications, and Python Lambda functions to have a completely automated build and release process for all AWS resource infrastructure and code artifacts.
 * Highly knowledgeable of Amazon Web Services including but not limited toECS,RDSAurora Postgres,Lambda, CloudWatch, EKS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, EventBridge.
 * Ability to design systems and implement new software architecture patterns.
 * Mentor CloudEngineersand Software Engineers.
 * Troubleshoot problems with software and infrastructure.
 * Automating disaster recovery, high availability, and fault tolerance.
 * Present new ideas to leadership and present on topics to improve the learning of others.
 * Communicate clearly and professionally both in speech and in writing.


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