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# Lead AWS Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** ISO New England
- **Location:** Holyoke, MA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $127,000.0 - $163,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Architectural Patterns, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management Databases, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Security Information and Event Management, Systems Integration, Policy as Code, Cloud Platform System, IT Architecture, HybridCloud, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Route53, Terraform, Splunk, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** July 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=352c6efb9b159488

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent experience
 * AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or higher certification preferred; equivalent hands-on AWS expertise accepted
 * 8+ years of infrastructure, cloud engineering, or platform engineering experience in regulated, critical infrastructure, or high-availability environments
 * Advanced hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, multi-account architecture, multi-region infrastructure, and infrastructure as code
 * Strong AWS security and identity expertise, including IAM, IAM Identity Center, SCPs, KMS, least privilege, policy as code, and audit-ready configurations
 * Experience with AWS networking and platform services such as VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Network Firewall, Route 53, AWS Organizations, and Control Tower
 * Manage AWS Account Factory for Terraform (AFT) for automated account vending and baseline customization
 * Proficiency with automation and serverless technologies, including Python, Lambda, EventBridge, Step Functions, SAM, Packer, Ansible, and EC2 Image Builder
 * Experience with Terraform Cloud, Scalr, private module registries, GitOps workflows, or similar orchestration platforms
 * Knowledge of hybrid cloud, observability, governance, CMDB integrations, CSPM tools, SIEM integrations, Splunk, Kinesis Firehose, and HEC pipelines

This employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position (ex: H-1B, F-1/CPT/OPT, O-1, E-3, TN, J, etc.).

## Description

* Lead design, delivery, and operations for enterprise AWS cloud infrastructure and platform services
 * Build and maintain secure, scalable multi-region AWS environments using Terraform, GitOps, and reusable modules
 * Define and improve cloud standards, architecture patterns, security guardrails, and infrastructure-as-code practices
 * Own core AWS services including identity, networking, security, observability, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and AFT
 * Develop automation for account vending, baseline customization, golden AMI pipelines, and cloud operations
 * Partner with Security, Networking, Application, Cloud Platform, and Infrastructure Architecture teams to support production reliability and on-call operations


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