Lead AWS Platform Engineer - Remote / Telecommute

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise AWS cloud platforms.
• Define and implement cloud platform standards, reusable patterns, and best practices.
• Lead cloud adoption, migration, and modernization initiatives.
• Establish highly available, scalable, and resilient cloud architectures.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Build automated provisioning frameworks for AWS resources.
• Create reusable infrastructure modules and blueprints.
• Automate environment creation, configuration management, and deployment processes.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure deployments.
• Design and implement cloud security controls aligned with enterprise and regulatory requirements.
• Manage IAM roles, policies, permission boundaries, and least-privilege access models.
• Implement AWS security services including AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, AWS Config, IAM Identity Center (SSO), WAF, Shield, KMS, and Secrets Manager.
• Lead security assessments, vulnerability remediation, and compliance initiatives.
• Develop cloud governance standards, policies, and guardrails.
• Design and manage AWS networking architectures across multi-account environments.
• Implement and support VPCs, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, Route 53, Network Firewall, Security Groups, NACLs, and Load Balancers (ALB/NLB).
• Design hybrid cloud and multi-region connectivity solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex networking and connectivity issues.
• Implement observability and monitoring solutions using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS X-Ray, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Establish operational excellence practices.
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to cloud engineers.
• Partner with Security, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Development teams.
• Participate in architecture reviews and cloud governance forums.
• Drive platform engineering best practices across the organization.

Our client is seeking an experienced Lead AWS Platform Engineer to design, build, secure, and manage enterprise-scale AWS cloud platforms. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS infrastructure provisioning, cloud security, networking, automation, governance, and platform engineering. This role involves leading cloud transformation initiatives, establishing cloud best practices, and enabling development teams through secure, scalable, and automated cloud services. The Lead AWS Platform Engineer will collaborate with architects, security teams, DevOps engineers, and application teams to deliver highly available, secure, and compliant cloud environments. Mandatory Areas:

• 8+ years of experience in AWS.
• 3+ years of experience in CDK, Terraform, and CloudFormation.
• 4+ years of experience in CI/CD with enterprise pipeline setup., * 6 to 7 years of IT infrastructure/platform engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS networking, security, and infrastructure services.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Experience managing multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Shell, or PowerShell.
• Experience with container platforms such as EKS and Docker.
• Hands-on experience implementing cloud security frameworks and controls.

Technical Skills:

• AWS Services: EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Organizations, Control Tower, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, ALB, NLB, WAF, Shield, EKS, ECS, Lambda.
• Infrastructure & Automation: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible, GitHub Actions.
• Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, Direct Connect, BGP Routing, Firewalls, Load Balancing, Hybrid Connectivity.
• Security: Identity & Access Management.