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AWS Cloud Engineer

AA2IT

Raleigh, NC(remote)

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$35–$40 Per Hour
SKILLS
Access Control, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Analysis Skills, Apache, Application Hosting, Automation, Bash Scripting, CPU (Central Processing Unit), Capacity Management, Change Control, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Security, Content Delivery Network (CDN), Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, DNS (Domain Name System), DevOps, Digital Certificates, Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS), Documentation, Enterprise Protection, Environmental Issues, Functional Testing, Git, Identify Issues, Internet Application, Knowledge Transfer, Linux Administration, Linux Distributions, Load Balancing, Memory Management, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, PHP Scripting Language (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor), People Management, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Risk, Risk Management, SSH (Secure Shell), SSL-TLS (Secure Socket Layer - Transport Layer Security), Sales/Support Engineering (SE), Scripting (Scripting Languages), Server Support, Software Administration, Software Engineering, Software Patches, Support Documentation, Systems Administration/Management, Theater Production, Web Hosting, Wordpress, Writing Skills, nginx Web Server
LOCATION
Raleigh, NC
POSTED
12 days ago
HCR0003260
Title: AWS Cloud Engineer
Pay : $35-40/HR on W2
Location: Remote - Raleigh, NC 27615

Key Responsibilities
AWS Region Transfer, Primary Project
• Lead planning and execution of AWS region transfer activities across web platform environments.
• Assess the current AWS infrastructure and identify migration dependencies, risks, sequencing needs, and rollback considerations.
• Coordinate region transfer activities across development, staging, and production environments.
• Validate application functionality, infrastructure performance, DNS behavior, SSL/TLS configuration, security controls, backups, and monitoring after transfer.
• Create clear documentation for architecture, dependencies, technical decisions, validation steps, and cutover support.
• Partner with vendors and internal stakeholders to minimize downtime, reduce operational risk, and maintain business continuity.
AWS Infrastructure Administration
• Support AWS-hosted web application environments, including EC2, VPCs, security groups, IAM, Route53, CloudWatch, S3, backups, and load balancers.
• Review AWS configurations and recommend improvements for security, maintainability, scalability, monitoring, and cost awareness.
• Troubleshoot server performance, connectivity, capacity, availability, and environment consistency issues.
• Make proactive AWS infrastructure updates as needed.
DevOps, Bitbucket, and Automation
• Support the Bitbucket migration from external vendors to internal ownership and help standardize repository workflows.
• Design, write, and maintain Bitbucket Pipelines for deployment, validation, and operational automation.
• Build or improve CI/CD processes for safer and more consistent application deployments.
• Write scripts using Bash, Python, or similar tools to automate repeatable operational tasks.
• Document deployment processes, pipeline logic, release dependencies, and support procedures.
Server Administration, Hardening, and Technical Advisory
• Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based web hosting environments.
• Evaluate server-level recommendations and explain the technical purpose, risks, and implement considerations to non-infrastructure stakeholders.
• Support server-hardening efforts, OS patching, vulnerability remediation, SSH configuration, SSL/TLS configuration, and access-control improvements.
• Provide guidance on PHP-FPM, Apache, NGINX, memory allocation, CPU utilization, log analysis, and capacity planning.
• Review vendor recommendations, challenge assumptions when needed, and advise whether proposed changes are appropriate for the environment.
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in AWS infrastructure engineering, DevOps, cloud operations, or a closely related role.
• Strong hands-on experience managing AWS production environments.
• Experience with EC2, IAM, security groups, VPCs, Route53, CloudWatch, S3, and application load balancers.
• Strong Linux system administration experience, including server troubleshooting, patching, log review, access control, and performance tuning.
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably in Bitbucket Pipelines.
• Strong Git and repository management experience.
• Ability to write practical automation scripts using Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• Experience supporting web application hosting environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain infrastructure concepts clearly to web, vendor, security, and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with AWS region-to-region transfers or cloud migration projects.
• Experience supporting PHP-based applications or WordPress hosting environments.
• Familiarity with Apache, NGINX, PHP-FPM, SSL/TLS certificates, DNS, and CDN-related infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Experience with server hardening, vulnerability remediation, and enterprise security requirements.
• Experience working with managed hosting providers, external agencies, and cross-functional enterprise teams.
Expected Deliverables
• AWS region transfer plan, including dependencies, sequencing, validation steps, risk areas, and rollback guidance.
• Completed or substantially advanced AWS region transfer execution across agreed environments.
• Documented AWS architecture, environment inventory, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Bitbucket Pipeline recommendations, implementation support, and pipeline documentation.
• Server-hardening and infrastructure maintenance recommendations.
• Monitoring, alerting, patching, backup, and operational standards recommendations.
• Knowledge-transfer documentation for internal stakeholders and ongoing support teams.

Kindly share resume with answers: 
Q1: Tell me about your experience managing AWS production environments.
Q2: How many years of hands-on AWS infrastructure experience do you have?
Q3: Which AWS services do you use regularly (EC2, IAM, VPC, Route53, CloudWatch, S3, ALB, etc.)?
Q4: What Linux distributions have you administered? Describe your experience with server troubleshooting, patching, performance tuning, and log analysis.

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