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# INTL AWS Cognito Engineer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** West Palm Beach, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $49,920.0 - $58,240.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, OAuth, Software Engineering, .NET Core, Spring Cloud, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Restful APIs, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** June 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/AD6D6E47A6F44CDCA0BCD989F4326F70/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
 * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
 * Strong, hands-on experience with AWS Cognito, including implementation, customization, and long-term support in production environments.
 * Demonstrated experience owning IAM architectures, not just integrating them.
 * Deep understanding of authentication vs authorization, OAuth 2.0 grant types, JWTs, claims, scopes, and groups.
 * Proficiency with C#/.NET Core and Python.
 * Strong experience building and consuming RESTful APIs.
 * 4+ years working with relational databases (SQL Server and/or PostgreSQL).
 * 3+ years building cloud-native applications on AWS.
 * 3+ years working with Docker or containerized applications.
 * Experience with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines. - AWS certifications.
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform knowledge preferred but not required).
 * Experience mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives.
 * Experience migrating from legacy identity solutions (e.g., IdentityServer) to Cognito.
 * Comfort acting as the IAM subject-matter expert and influencing architectural decisions.

## Description

This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who has implemented, supported, and scaled Cognito in production environments and can act as a technical authority on authentication, authorization, and OAuth-based identity flows. You will work across the stack and partner closely with product, design, and engineering to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performance solutions.


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