Job Title: Senior AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Irving, TX / Peoria, IL (Onsite)
Duration: 12 months contract
Must Have Skills/Attributes: API, AWS, CI/CD tools, GitHub, Lambda.
Experience
Desired:
· Hands-on experience designing and managing AWS infrastructure (7+ yrs).
· Experience with Amazon EKS, ECS/Fargate, and containerized workloads in production (5+ yrs).
· AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, S3, Glue, and DynamoDB. (5+ yrs).
· Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation) and CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions. (5+ yrs).
· AWS networking and security, including VPC, IAM, ALB/NLB, KMS, SCPs, cross-account access, along wit (5+ yrs).
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree.
Required Certifications/Licenses: AWS Certification.
JOB
DESCRIPTION:
Required Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in computer science or information technology.
Required Licenses/Certifications: AWS Certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
Required
Qualifications:
· The DASH (Data & Serverless) team is part of CLIENT AWS Platform organization.
· 5-7 years' experience in this capacity.
· We design, provision, and operate the AWS infrastructure that business units use for data, serverless, and container workloads, so application teams can build on secure, standard foundations.
· As a customer-facing platform team, we work directly with business units to understand their needs and turn them into reliable AWS environments.
Position’s
Contributions to Work Group:
· We design, provision, and operate the AWS infrastructure that business units use for data, serverless, and container workloads, so application teams can build on secure, standard foundations.
· As a customer-facing platform team, we work directly with business units to understand their needs and turn them into reliable AWS environments.
Required
Technical Skills:
· Hands-on experience building and operating AWS infrastructure in a multi-account environment.
· Experience provisioning and supporting EKS, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, and Glue.
· Strong AWS networking and IAM skills: VPC, ALB/NLB, SCPs, and permission boundaries.
· Infrastructure as code with CloudFormation (preferred), plus CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
· Scripting in Python and/or Bash for automation.
· Strong customer focus and communication skills, including explaining technical options to non-AWS teams.
Responsibilities:
· Provision and operate the infrastructure for data and serverless services: S3, Glue, Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, EventBridge, and DynamoDB.
· Build, upgrade, and maintain EKS clusters and ECS/Fargate environments.
· Automate infrastructure delivery with reusable CloudFormation templates and GitHub Actions pipelines.
· Design and troubleshoot VPC networking, load balancers, IAM, KMS, and cross-account access.
· Onboard new business unit environments, estimate costs, and provide production infrastructure support.
· Act as a technical point of contact for business unit customers by guiding requirements, setting clear expectations, and resolving issues quickly.