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# Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Robert Half
- **Location:** Woodbridge Township, NJ, United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Application Performance Management, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, System Configuration, Ansible, Autoscaling, System Availability, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/8dee66ae-462a-4ac2-8fbb-b0367424a758

## About the Role

Hands-on experience designing and supporting infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Strong working knowledge of Ansible for automation and configuration management.
Proven ability to implement infrastructure as code for cloud provisioning and maintenance.
Experience administering and optimizing Amazon EC2 instances in production environments.
Familiarity with AWS Auto Scaling and strategies for high availability and elastic capacity.
Understanding of cloud engineering principles within regulated or enterprise-level environments.
Ability to troubleshoot technical issues, work collaboratively, and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams., All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

## Description

We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to support cloud infrastructure initiatives within a Financial Services environment in Woodbridge, New Jersey. This Long-term Contract position focuses on building scalable, reliable AWS-based solutions while improving automation and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience with infrastructure as code and cloud engineering best practices to help maintain secure, high-performing platforms., Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions across AWS to support application performance, availability, and resilience.
Create and manage automated provisioning workflows using infrastructure as code tools to deliver consistent and repeatable deployments.
Develop and enhance Ansible-based automation for configuration management, environment setup, and operational tasks.
Implement and optimize Amazon EC2 environments and auto scaling configurations to align capacity with business demand.
Monitor cloud resources, identify opportunities for performance improvement, and recommend enhancements to reliability and cost efficiency.
Collaborate with engineering and support teams to troubleshoot infrastructure issues and resolve cloud-related incidents in a timely manner.
Apply cloud security and operational best practices to maintain stable, compliant, and well-governed AWS environments.


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