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AWS Cloud Engineer
About the role
We are looking for an AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team. You will design and build AWS environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and build AWS environments.
- Manage networking, identity and access.
- Automate infrastructure with code.
- Control cost and monitor usage.
- Support migrations and security reviews.
Required
- AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM)
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Networking basics
- Scripting (Python or Bash)
Preferred
- Lambda
- EKS
- CloudWatch
- AWS certification
Tools and stack
EC2, S3, RDS, VPC and IAM, CloudFormation or Terraform, Lambda, CloudWatch, Route 53
Employment type: [Contract / W2 / C2C / Full-time]
Location: [City, ST / Remote]
Duration: [months]
Work authorization: [accepted types]Responsibilities explained
Each responsibility maps to something a candidate should be able to describe.
- Design and build AWS environments.
- Manage networking, identity and access.
- Automate infrastructure with code.
- Control cost and monitor usage.
- Support migrations and security reviews.
Required skills
Treat these as the screen. If a candidate cannot speak to them, they are rarely a fit.
- AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM)
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Networking basics
- Scripting (Python or Bash)
Preferred skills
Use these to rank candidates who meet the required list.
- Lambda
- EKS
- CloudWatch
- AWS certification
Other titles this role appears under
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- AWS Cloud Engineer
- AWS Engineer
- Cloud Engineer (AWS)
- AWS Solutions Architect
Seniority guide
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- Junior: runs resources from templates.
- Mid: builds environments in code.
- Senior: designs multi-account architecture and governance.
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