IT - Technology Specialist - IT Service, Support and Operations | Microservices | Microservices API Management

Job Title AWS Platform EngineerWork Location & Reporting Address Saint Louis, MO 63131Vendor Rate $65.00/hr.Contract duration 12Target Start Date 03 Aug 2026Role- AWS Platform EngineerLocation- DenvereSkills- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)- Terraform, CI/CD automation, AWS Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning , EKS/Kubernetes administration, AWS services- EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Glue, Athena, EMR, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, Java, Springboot, microservices Job Description- Design and manage AWS infrastructure for the IIA Data Lake including S3 storage, Glue data catalog, Athena query engine, and EMR compute clusters. Manage cross-account connectivity, VPC networking, security groups, and IAM roles/policies to enable secure data flow between IIA, upstream data providers, and downstream consumers. Build and maintain infrastructure for AI agent runtime environments, including compute resources for LangGraph agents deployed via LangSmith Deployments. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for AI agent deployments using GitLab CI/CD, Docker, and Artifactory. Support and maintain existing ETL pipelines written in Scala/Spark, including troubleshooting, enhancements, and onboarding new data sources. Ensure production environment stability through monitoring, alerting, and incident response. Maintain SLAs for data pipeline availability and agent uptime. Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred, CloudFormation acceptable) Experience managing cross-account AWS architectures, VPC peering, PrivateLink, and transit gateway configurations Experience with IAM policy design, least-privilege access patterns, and service account management Experience with containerization (Docker) and container orchestration Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI preferred) Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge) Proficiency with Linux-based operating systems and shell scripting Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar) Understanding of networking fundamentals: DNS, CIDR, NAT, VPC endpoints, firewalls, security group Demonstrated ability to work across teams and coordinate with external platform owners on connectivity and access requirements Proficiency in Python (or a comparable general-purpose language) for building automation, tooling, and applications Solid software engineering fundamentals: Git-based workflows, code review, modular and reusable design, dependency management, and writing maintainable, documented code Experience writing automated tests (unit/integration) for application and infrastructure code, and integrating those tests into CI/CD Ability to write integration code against REST APIs and cloud SDKs (e.g., AWS SDK / boto3)Minimum years of experience5-8 yearsCertifications Needed :NoTop 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and executeDrive endtoend technical ownership for assigned modulesfeatures.Ensure all code is secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise standards.Participate in Agile ceremoniesSprint Planning, Daily Standups, RetrospectivesInterview Process (Is face to face required?) Yes