AWS Cloud Engineer

Job#: 3032271

Job Description:

About The Opportunity Are you a passionate cloud engineer that's delivered systems in a fast-paced agile environment? We are looking for a senior-level engineer who is a seasoned professional with a full understanding of cloud industry best practices.

This is a hands-on position that will consult, advise, and develop conceptual, logical and software engineering designs, solutions, and applications to support the infrastructure requirements of varying levels of technical and business application projects in AWS cloud environments. This position will also analyze business requirements as it relates to technical infrastructure design and ensure the traceability of the design to the business requirements. You will evaluate testing requirements and prepares testing strategies, as well as preparing implementation and transition plans.

This is an in-office role and must report to one of the core locations.

What You Will Do

• Lead consulting activities and documentation in partnership with Organizations IT, Cloud Foundation Teams, and key stakeholders to meet business requirements
• Collaborate with teams to translate requirements into efficient, cost-effective AWS solutions using industry-standard practices
• Design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant, and secure AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Automate deployment, testing, and monitoring through CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor and troubleshoot production issues using AWS services (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, EC2, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Parallel Cluster)
• Optimize performance, cost, and reliability of AWS applications while ensuring cloud-native best practices
• Design/deploy HPC clusters with Slurm scheduling and parallel filesystems (Ceph, GPFS, Lustre, EFS)
• Implement automation via Terraform/Docker and optimize scientific workflows (MPI/OpenMP) with GPU/accelerator support in cloud and hybrid environments
• Provide Linux (RHEL/CentOS) administration and scripting (Python/Bash)
• Implement security and governance controls to ensure compliance with audit requirements and Information Security guidelines
• Continuously improve DevSecOps processes to enhance organizational efficiency and agility
• Lead critical technical projects and train staff on tools, standards, and procedures

Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience pertaining to concepts and principles in functional area primarily AWS cloud engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on High Performance Computing (HPC) experience is required
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor with broad audiences, both technical and nontechnical to present information in a credible, confident, and influential manner. Communicates in a concise, direct, and purposeful way.
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related area required. Masters Degree may be preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills and demonstrated ability to interact with anticipated audiences in a courteous, service-oriented manner.
• Proven track record working effectively within large enterprise environments characterized by matrix reporting structures and cross-functional collaboration.
• AWS Associate or Professional certifications strongly preferred.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Employee Type:

Contract

Location:

Richmond, VA, US

Job Type:

Applications and Data Management

Date Posted:

April 28, 2026

Pay Range:

$70 - $85 per hour

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