AWS Delivery Manager

Request ID: 114972-1
Title: AWS Delivery Manager
Locations: New York, NY (Local Only).
Duration: 06+ Months
Pay Range: $55-$58/Hour on W2/C2C (All inclusive)
Interview: Face-to-Face Mandatory

We are seeking an experienced AWS Delivery Manager with strong expertise in Agile/SAFe delivery, cloud infrastructure engineering, stakeholder management, and Life & Annuity insurance domain delivery. The ideal candidate will lead cloud transformation initiatives while managing end-to-end project governance, release management, and AWS platform operations.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery & Program Governance

• Lead end-to-end project delivery using Agile/SAFe methodologies.
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, release planning, and execution.
• Manage project governance, KPIs, SLAs, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, and managed service providers.
• Prepare executive status reports and present delivery metrics to stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to quality gates and delivery standards.
• Support managed services transition and steady-state operations.

AWS Infrastructure & Cloud Operations

• Design, manage, and support AWS infrastructure environments.
• Oversee AWS services including:
  • EC2
  • ECS/EKS
  • AWS Lambda
  • VPC
  • IAM
  • RDS
  • SQS
  • SNS
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using:
  • Terraform
  • CloudFormation
  • AWS CDK
• Manage cloud monitoring, logging, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Drive automation and platform operational excellence.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with business, technology, infrastructure, and operations teams.
• Communicate project status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings and executive reviews.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of Project/Program/Delivery Management experience.
• Strong Agile and SAFe delivery experience.
• AWS Cloud Infrastructure expertise.
• Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• KPI/SLA governance and reporting.
• Risk and Issue Management.
• Release Management and Change Management.
• Managed Services delivery oversight.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Life & Annuity Insurance domain experience.
• Financial Services or Insurance industry background.
• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience managing global and distributed teams.