Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
US Tech Solutions, Inc.
Irvine, CA
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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$120,000–$140,000 Per Year
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Automation, Autoscaling, Best Practices, Cloud Applications, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Computer Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cost Control, Database Middleware Software, DevOps, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Git, Identify Issues, Java, Linux Operating System, Load Balancing, Low-Level Design, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Server, Network Configuration Management, Operating Systems, Oracle, Oracle Database, Red Hat Linux Operating System, Reporting Dashboards, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Engineering, Standards Strategy, TIBCO Product family, Team Player, Technical Writing, Validation Testing
LOCATION
Irvine, CA
POSTED
19 days ago
Job Description:
- We are seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer with strong expertise in AWS infrastructure, cloud migrations, and automation to support large-scale enterprise workloads. The ideal candidate will play a key role in designing, deploying, and managing AWS environments while supporting migration waves from on-premises systems to AWS.
- This role requires hands-on experience with AWS compute, networking, storage, container platforms (EKS), and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, along with strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills to work with application, database, and middleware teams during migration and deployment activities.
Responsibilities:
Cloud Infrastructure & Deployment
- Implement AWS infrastructure for migration waves including compute, storage, networking, and IAM configurations.
- Deploy and configure EC2 instances, AMIs, auto-scaling groups, load balancers, and VPC networking components.
- Support EKS cluster setup, including cluster provisioning, node groups, networking, and container deployments.
- Build and maintain Terraform modules, workspaces, and state management to ensure repeatable infrastructure provisioning.
- Support AWS migration initiatives, including rehost and replatform strategies.
- Work closely with application teams to validate configurations, environment variables, scripts, and connectivity during deployments.
- Assist database and middleware teams in validating connectivity for Oracle, Oracle Exadata on AWS, SQL Server, and TIBCO ESB integrations.
- Support migration cutovers by performing validation checks, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring successful production transitions.
- Implement monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, logging agents, dashboards, and alerts.
- Troubleshoot issues across operating systems, networking layers, cloud infrastructure, and application deployments.
- Diagnose and resolve security group, network ACL, IAM policy, and connectivity issues.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, migration execution steps, and validation reports.
- Ensure infrastructure deployments align with cloud governance policies, security standards, tagging strategies, and cost optimization guidelines.
- Follow CI/CD practices using Git-based workflows and automation pipelines.
Experience:
- 7+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or DevOps roles.
- 4+ years of hands-on AWS experience supporting enterprise-scale environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, EKS, VPC, IAM, load balancers, and networking components.
- Deep understanding of AWS migration processes and rehost/replatform strategies.
- Experience with AWS storage services such as S3, EBS, EFS, and FSx, including lifecycle and backup policies.
- Hands-on expertise in Terraform infrastructure-as-code, including modules, workspaces, and state management.
- Strong experience with Linux (RHEL 7/8/9) and Windows Server (2016–2025) administration.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and automation frameworks.
- Solid understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and EKS operations.
- Familiarity with Java and .NET applications and infrastructure dependencies during cloud migration.
- Experience supporting integrations with Oracle databases, Oracle Exadata on AWS, SQL Server, and TIBCO ESB.
- Strong knowledge of cloud security, IAM policies, tagging strategies, and governance best practices.
- Ability to interpret High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD) and implement infrastructure accordingly.
Skills:
- DevOps
- Cloud
- AWS
- Linux
- CI/CD
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree.
About US Tech Solutions:
US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com .
US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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