Job Title: AWS Platform Engineer
Work Location & Reporting Address: Charlotte, NC (Mandatory Onsite)
Contract duration: 12 Months
Interview Process (Is face to face required?) Yes
Role Summary
We are seeking a seasoned AWS Admin / Platform Engineer to own and evolve our cloud infrastructure, ensuring it is secure, scalable, highly available, and cost-efficient. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience administering and engineering AWS environments, with deep expertise in automation, networking, security, and platform reliability at enterprise scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, provision, and manage AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, EKS/ECS, Lambda) to support enterprise workloads.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) for repeatable, version-controlled provisioning.
- Administer IAM policies, roles, and access controls to enforce least-privilege security across accounts.
- Design and manage networking components (VPCs, subnets, VPNs, Direct Connect, security groups, load balancers) for secure, reliable connectivity.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated build, test, and deployment processes.
- Monitor platform health, performance, and cost using tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and third-party observability platforms.
- Drive cost Eligible to workimization initiatives through right-sizing, reserved capacity planning, and usage analysis.
- Establish and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability strategies across critical systems.
- Ensure infrastructure and operations comply with security, regulatory, and organizational governance standards.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for platform incidents, driving resolution and preventive measures.
- Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with development, security, and architecture teams on platform strategy.
Required Skills & Technology
- 10+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure administration/engineering, with deep hands-on AWS expertise
- Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation)
- Expertise in AWS networking, security, and IAM best practices
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, EKS/ECS/Kubernetes)
- Proficiency in scripting/automation (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Hands-on experience with configuration management using Ansible
- Experience with AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA) for orchestration
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CodePipeline, or similar)
- Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, etc.)
- Solid grasp of security, compliance, and disaster recovery practices in enterprise cloud environments
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer - Professional)
- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Prior experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical enterprise platforms
- Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Minimum years of experience: 8+ years
Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute
Strong coordination and communication skills across technical and nontechnical teams.
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Hands-on experience on any ETL technologies such as Snowflake or AWS.
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