Senior AWS Cloud Engineer (Infrastructure/IaC) in Chicago

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance., * 5 to 10 years of hands-on cloud infrastructure engineering experience with emphasis on AWS. \n

• Proficiency with Terraform and IaC lifecycle management. \n

• Deep knowledge of AWS services: VPC, EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, API Gateway, and ELB including Transit Gateway. \n

• Experience operating multi-account environments with AWS Organizations and SCPs. \n

• IAM policy design with cross-account access and least-privilege principles. \n

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Terraform Cloud, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions. \n

• Experience with Git-based workflows including branching, pull requests, and reviews. \n

• Background in regulated or enterprise environments with formal change management such as ServiceNow. \n

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for complex multi-account environments. \n

• Clear written and verbal communication with ability to produce technical documentation. \n

• Must-have technical skills include AWS EC2 architecture, cloud security controls, EBS management, EC2 Image Builder, Golden AMI lifecycle, Terraform, launch templates with Auto Scaling Groups, Linux or macOS CLI, Python and Bash or Shell scripting, and understanding of CIS benchmarks, patch management, and image compliance. \n

• Nice-to-have skills include AWS certifications, CSPM tools, policy-as-code frameworks, experience in regulated industries, containerization and serverless familiarity, HashiCorp Vault, FinOps practices, and Golang exposure. \n