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# AWS Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Everforth Apex
- **Location:** San Antonio, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Databases, Database Design, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Standard Sql, Software Vulnerability Management, SSL Certificate Management, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate, Route53, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Terraform
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/e84696da-4aa1-46fa-88d4-2d9ba1e32c91

## About the Role

Our client is seeking a Senior AWS Platform Engineer to support cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, AI initiatives, and secure enterprise applications within AWS. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS, EKS/Kubernetes, Terraform, database administration, cloud security, and prompt engineering., * 5+ years of AWS cloud infrastructure experience.

 * Strong expertise with Amazon EKS/Kubernetes.
 * Experience with:
 + EC2, Lambda, Fargate
 + S3, EBS
 + VPC, Route 53, Direct Connect
 + Terraform
 + CloudWatch and CloudTrail
 * 3+ years of AWS lifecycle management, vulnerability remediation, and cloud security.
 * 3-5 years of PostgreSQL, Aurora, and AWS RDS experience.
 * Strong SQL, database design, and performance tuning skills.
 * Experience with IAM, certificate management, secrets management, and vulnerability management.
 * 2+ years of prompt engineering experience, including few-shot/zero-shot prompting and AI integrations.
 * Experience with AWS Bedrock or other generative AI platforms preferred., * Experience in financial services or other regulated environments.
 * AWS certifications.
 * Background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).

## Description

* Design, build, and support AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
 * Manage EKS upgrades, lifecycle management, vulnerability remediation, and platform reliability.
 * Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
 * Administer AWS services including EC2, Lambda, Fargate, S3, RDS, Route 53, and Direct Connect.
 * Support PostgreSQL and Aurora databases, including performance tuning, backups, recovery, and high availability.
 * Implement and maintain cloud security controls using IAM, WAF, KMS, Secrets Manager, and certificate management.
 * Design and optimize AI prompts leveraging prompt engineering techniques, AWS Bedrock, and AI integrations with APIs and databases.
 * Monitor cloud environments and troubleshoot infrastructure, security, and performance issues.


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