Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer / AWS Infrastructure Operations Lead

Location

Open (Hybrid/Remote based on business requirements)

Experience

10+ Years Overall Experience | 5+ Years in AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Operations

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer to own and manage the health, security, reliability, compliance, and operational excellence of our AWS environments.

This role is tactical and execution-focused, responsible for ensuring AWS platforms remain secure, compliant, highly available, cost-efficient, and operationally mature. The ideal candidate will work closely with Software Engineering, DevOps, Security, Infrastructure, and Architecture teams to maintain and continuously improve the cloud platform.

The successful candidate will act as the custodian of AWS infrastructure, implementing best practices, governance controls, automation, security standards, and cost optimization strategies while ensuring seamless day-to-day cloud operations.

Primary Mission

Keep AWS environments secure, compliant, reliable, scalable, cost-efficient, and operationally stable for the broader organization.

Own the health, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the AWS platform.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Platform Operations & Infrastructure Management

Manage and maintain AWS infrastructure across multiple environments and accounts.
Provision and manage AWS accounts, VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, IAM roles, EKS clusters, ECS services, RDS databases, and related cloud resources.
Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Maintain and enhance Terraform and AWS CloudFormation templates.
Collaborate with Development, DevOps, Security, and Infrastructure teams to support platform requirements.
Ensure AWS services are operating optimally and aligned with organizational standards.

Cloud Governance & Security

Implement and manage AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), guardrails, and governance frameworks.
Enforce least-privilege access models across AWS environments.
Manage IAM policies, roles, federated access, and cross-account access patterns.
Rotate credentials, enforce MFA policies, and implement security controls.
Monitor and respond to security findings from AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, and other security tools.
Ensure logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities are properly configured and maintained.
Support compliance initiatives and security audits.

Networking & Connectivity

Design and manage VPC architectures, subnets, routing configurations, NAT gateways, and network segmentation.
Implement and maintain VPC peering, Transit Gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, and hybrid connectivity solutions.
Troubleshoot complex networking and connectivity issues.
Ensure secure and scalable network architecture across AWS environments.

Kubernetes & Container Platform Management

Manage and optimize Amazon EKS environments.
Support containerized workloads running on Kubernetes and ECS.
Maintain cluster health, security, upgrades, scaling, and operational best practices.
Collaborate with engineering teams on deployment automation and platform improvements.

Monitoring, Reliability & Incident Management

Implement monitoring, alerting, observability, and operational dashboards.
Proactively identify platform risks and reliability concerns.
Diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure incidents.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and preventive action initiatives.
Ensure backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities are regularly tested and maintained.

Cost Optimization & Resource Management

Review AWS Cost Explorer and usage reports regularly.
Monitor cloud spend and identify optimization opportunities.
Right-size compute, storage, and database resources.
Implement tagging governance and ensure tag accuracy across environments.
Generate reports and recommendations on cloud cost trends and optimization initiatives.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

Maintain detailed operational runbooks, architecture documentation, and platform standards.
Develop and improve operational procedures and automation.
Drive continuous improvements in cloud reliability, security, and efficiency.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineering teams.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field preferred.
10+ years of IT infrastructure experience with at least 5+ years managing AWS environments.
Strong hands-on experience operating large-scale AWS cloud platforms.
Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation.
Strong networking fundamentals including routing, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, VPNs, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
Proven experience managing multi-account AWS environments.
Experience supporting highly available and mission-critical cloud workloads.
Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
Excellent documentation and communication skills.
Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.

Technical Skills

AWS Services

AWS Organizations
IAM
VPC
Transit Gateway
Route 53
EC2
Auto Scaling
Load Balancers
S3
EBS
RDS
ECS
EKS
CloudTrail
CloudWatch
Config
Security Hub
GuardDuty
AWS Backup
Systems Manager
KMS

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
AWS SDK
Ansible
GitOps practices

Containers & Orchestration

Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
ECS
Docker

Security & Compliance

Identity & Access Management
Zero Trust Principles
Security Monitoring
Governance Controls
Compliance Frameworks
Audit Readiness

Monitoring & Observability

CloudWatch
Logging & Alerting Platforms
Operational Dashboards
Incident Response

Preferred Certifications

Mandatory

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Strongly Preferred for Senior Resources

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Success Metrics

The successful candidate will be measured on:

AWS platform availability and reliability
Security compliance and audit readiness
Reduction in security findings and operational risks
Infrastructure automation maturity
Cloud cost optimization outcomes
Incident response effectiveness
Platform governance adherence
Documentation quality and operational excellence
Stakeholder satisfaction and collaboration effectiveness

Ideal Candidate Profile

A hands-on AWS platform expert who thrives in operational ownership, cloud governance, security, networking, automation, and cost optimization. This individual takes accountability for keeping cloud environments stable, secure, compliant, and efficient while enabling development teams to focus on delivering business value.

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