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Sr AWS Cloud Engineer

E-IT
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/18/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2026

Role : Sr AWS Cloud Engineer

Location : SFO CA (onsite)



Must have : AWS certifications


We are seeking a driven Sr AWS Cloud Engineer with a strong foundation in cloud platform engineering, security, and operations. This role is ideal for a self‑starter and go‑getter who takes pride in designing systems that are secure by design, verifiable by default, and continuously ready for internal and external scrutiny.


What You’ll Do

  • Design and operate AWS cloud environments that are secure, scalable, and operationally mature
  • Own reliability, security, and operational health of cloud environments
  • Lead initiatives independently from concept through delivery
  • Partner with application teams to enable secure self‑service cloud capabilities
  • Proactively identify risks, gaps, and process weaknesses and drive improvements
  • Develop automation and tooling using modern scripting and programming languages


What You Bring (Required)

  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services
  • Deep understanding of cloud security and compliance fundamentals, including:
  • Organizational‑level identity and access governance
  • Identity and access management (IAM), Least privilege principles
  • Logging, monitoring, and traceability
  • Encryption and data protection
  • Configuration standardization and drift prevention
  • Experience with preventive and detective guardrails to ensure systems remain within defined security and operational boundaries
  • Proven ability to lead initiatives independently
  • Self‑starter mentality — proactive, decisive, and execution‑focused
  • Hands‑on experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation or Terraform)
  • Automation & scripting experience with Python, JavaScript, or Shell
  • Strong hands-on CI/CD pipelines that enforce security by default, including policy checks and approval gates


Nice to Have

  • Experience with AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, routing, dns)
  • AWS Multi-Account Control Tower / Account Factory experience
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA)
  • AWS certifications (Security, Solutions Architect, SysOps)
  • Containers (ECS/EKS) or serverless architectures (Lambda)

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