What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Engineer position at Phoenix Staff, Inc.?
Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer (Contract)
Duration: 6–9 month contract (likely extension based on program needs)
Location: Remote (must support Arizona business hours)
Pay: $53-$58 /hr
We are seeking a mid-level AWS Cloud Engineer to assist with day-to-day infrastructure engineering activities within an enterprise AWS environment. This role will work under the direction of a principal-level cloud architect responsible for overall platform design and strategy. The engineer will focus on implementation, configuration, operational support, and environment enhancements across core AWS services. The ideal candidate is comfortable working inside an established architecture and contributing immediately within a structured delivery environment. This is a hands-on engineering position supporting active cloud platform execution.
Key Responsibilities
Duration: 6–9 month contract (likely extension based on program needs)
Location: Remote (must support Arizona business hours)
Pay: $53-$58 /hr
We are seeking a mid-level AWS Cloud Engineer to assist with day-to-day infrastructure engineering activities within an enterprise AWS environment. This role will work under the direction of a principal-level cloud architect responsible for overall platform design and strategy. The engineer will focus on implementation, configuration, operational support, and environment enhancements across core AWS services. The ideal candidate is comfortable working inside an established architecture and contributing immediately within a structured delivery environment. This is a hands-on engineering position supporting active cloud platform execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day AWS infrastructure engineering activities across production and non-production environments
- Implement infrastructure changes aligned with architectural direction and security requirements
- Configure and maintain services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, and related AWS components
- Assist with environment monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational issue resolution
- Support identity and access configuration following enterprise governance standards
- Collaborate with cloud architects, platform engineers, and program stakeholders
- Maintain documentation aligned with structured change management expectations
- Assist with performance tuning, reliability improvements, and environment stabilization
- Support secure connectivity across hybrid or enterprise network boundaries when applicable
- 3 years of hands-on AWS engineering experience supporting production environments
- Strong working experience with EC2, IAM, VPC networking, and S3
- Experience implementing infrastructure changes within architect-defined environments
- Experience supporting operational cloud troubleshooting and monitoring
- Comfort working within structured enterprise delivery environments
- Ability to collaborate with distributed engineering teams
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale AWS environments preferred
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud or legacy-to-cloud modernization initiatives
- Experience working within structured change-controlled environments
- AWS certification (Solutions Architect Associate or similar)
Salary : $53 - $58