AWS Cloud Engineer

Newark, NJ, United States (On-site)

Contract (4 months 26 days)

Published 4 hours ago

aws cloud

performance optimization

CI/CD

terraform

containerization

GitHub Actions

dynamodb

cloud security

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The role involves working across cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, and application deployment within the Cloud Practice.

Key Responsibilities:

Cloud Architecture & Deployment:

• Design and implement scalable and secure AWS architectures
• Deploy applications and infrastructure using AWS services
• Select appropriate AWS services based on business requirements

Infrastructure & Automation:

• Provision infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (CloudFormation, Terraform)
• Automate deployments and operational processes
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions

Security & Compliance:

• Implement AWS security best practices (IAM, VPC, security groups, encryption)
• Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory policies
• Monitor and mitigate risks related to cloud infrastructure

Monitoring & Performance Optimization:

• Monitor systems using CloudWatch, AWS Config, CloudTrail
• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of cloud environments
• Troubleshoot production issues and resolve system bottlenecks

Migration & Modernization:

• Migrate on-premise applications to AWS cloud
• Support application modernization (containerization, serverless)
• Work on lift-and-shift, re-platforming, or cloud-native approaches

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:

• Work with developers, DevOps teams, and business stakeholders
• Translate business requirements into cloud solutions
• Provide technical guidance and support

Required Skills:

• Core AWS Skills
• Experience with key AWS services:
• Compute: EC2, Lambda
• Storage: S3, EBS, Glacier
• Database: RDS, DynamoDB
• Networking: VPC, Route 53, Load Balancers

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $57.79/hour - $90.29/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.