Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Job Title: Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Irving, TX / Peoria, IL (Onsite)

Duration: 12 months contract

Must Have Skills/Attributes: API, AWS, CI/CD tools, GitHub, Lambda.

Experience Desired:

·         Hands-on experience designing and managing AWS infrastructure (7+ yrs).

·         Experience with Amazon EKS, ECS/Fargate, and containerized workloads in production (5+ yrs).

·         AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, S3, Glue, and DynamoDB. (5+ yrs).

·         Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation) and CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions. (5+ yrs).

·         AWS networking and security, including VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB, KMS, SCPs, cross-account access, along wit (5+ yrs).

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree.

Required Certifications/Licenses: AWS Certification.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Required Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology.

Required Licenses/Certifications: AWS Certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect).

Required Qualifications:

·         The DASH (Data & Serverless) team is part of CLIENT AWS Platform organization.

·         5-7 years' experience in this capacity.

·         We design, provision, and operate the AWS infrastructure that business units use for data, serverless, and container workloads, so application teams can build on secure, standard foundations.

·         As a customer-facing platform team, we work directly with business units to understand their needs and turn them into reliable AWS environments.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

·         We design, provision, and operate the AWS infrastructure that business units use for data, serverless, and container workloads, so application teams can build on secure, standard foundations.

·         As a customer-facing platform team, we work directly with business units to understand their needs and turn them into reliable AWS environments.

Required Technical Skills:

·         Hands-on experience building and operating AWS infrastructure in a multi-account environment.

·         Experience provisioning and supporting EKS, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, and Glue.

·         Strong AWS networking and IAM skills: VPC, ALB/NLB, SCPs, and permission boundaries.

·         Infrastructure as code with CloudFormation (preferred), plus CI/CD with GitHub Actions.

·         Scripting in Python and/or Bash for automation.

·         Strong customer focus and communication skills, including explaining technical options to non-AWS teams.

Responsibilities:

·         Provision and operate the infrastructure for data and serverless services: S3, Glue, Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, and DynamoDB.

·         Build, upgrade, and maintain EKS clusters and ECS/Fargate environments.

·         Automate infrastructure delivery with reusable CloudFormation templates and GitHub Actions pipelines.

·         Design and troubleshoot VPC networking, load balancers, IAM, KMS, and cross-account access.

·         Onboard new business unit environments, estimate costs, and provide production infrastructure support.

·         Act as a technical point of contact for business unit customers by guiding requirements, setting clear expectations, and resolving issues quickly.