Summit Human Capital is seeking a highly motivated Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to support our client in the banking industry as they modernize applications, migrate workloads, and introduce agentic AI capabilities. This position has the exciting opportunity to provide long-term technical leadership of the AWS architecture and estate, working alongside an implementation partner during a major transformation. The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria: Requirements:
8–12 years of experience in cloud engineering, architecture, infrastructure, or platform engineering
5+ years of strong hands-on AWS experience
Deep expertise in AWS networking, IAM, security, multi-account environments, and Landing Zone architecture
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar Infrastructure as Code tools
Experience with ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, and event-driven architectures
Experience designing highly available and disaster recovery architectures
Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, observability, automation, and cloud operations
Proven ability to mentor engineers and provide senior technical leadership
Desired:
Experience in banking, financial services, or another regulated industry
AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification
Experience with AWS Control Tower, AWS Organizations, FinOps, and cloud cost governance
Responsibilities:
Provide architectural leadership across AWS platform engineering, workload modernization, migration, and ongoing operations
Work closely with the implementation partner to ensure effective knowledge transfer and a smooth transition to customer ownership
Design and govern cloud networking, shared services, infrastructure, resiliency, and integration patterns
Establish practical standards for security, identity, observability, automation, and cost optimization
Support the deployment and management of agentic solutions using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and related AWS services
Coach customer engineers, close cloud-engineering skill gaps, and help teams become increasingly self-sufficient
Collaborate with Information Security, infrastructure, architecture, and business product teams
Serve as a senior technical resource on the platform engineering team and help resolve complex cross-team issues
The hourly pay range for this position is $75 – $85, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications. Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k)/retirement plan; and other benefits in accordance with applicable laws.
Numbers & Facts
Location
RICHMOND, VA
Salary
$75–$85 Per Hour
Skills
AWS Lambdaunmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Architectural Servicesunmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Automationunmatched
Banking Servicesunmatched
Cloud Architectureunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Coachingunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Disaster Recoveryunmatched
Engineeringunmatched
Financial Servicesunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Human Capitalunmatched
Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
Knowledge Transferunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Multiplatform/Cross-Platformunmatched
Security Infrastructureunmatched
Software Engineeringunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
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