What are the responsibilities and job description for the AWS Cloud Engineer position at Raas Infotek LLC?
Job Details
Title: AWS Cloud Engineer
Location: Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)
Contract: W2 Only (NO C2C / 1099)
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
We’re seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer / Architect to design, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms and services. You’ll lead infrastructure automation, Kubernetes/container orchestration, serverless architectures, and cloud security, while collaborating with DevOps, SRE, and product teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement cloud architectures on AWS (networking, compute, storage, security).
- Build IaC using Terraform/CloudFormation, and automate CI/CD pipelines.
- Deploy and manage EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront.
- Implement observability (CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, PrometheGrafana) and cost governance.
- Enforce security best practices: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, GuardDuty, Security Hub.
- Lead reviews, troubleshoot production issues, and mentor engineers.
Required Skills
- 12 years of IT experience, with 4 years hands-on with AWS at scale.
- Strong in AWS services: VPC, Subnets, NAT/IGW, Route 53, EC2, ALB/NLB, EKS/ECS, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, CloudFront.
- IaC: Terraform (modules/workspaces), CloudFormation (Stacks/CDK).
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps, Docker/Kubernetes.
- Networking/security: IAM, Security Groups/NACLs, WAF, KMS, CSPM basics.
- Monitoring/logging: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray, metrics/tracing/log aggregation.
- Scripting: Python/Bash; strong Linux fundamentals.
Nice-to-Have
- Event-driven: SQS/SNS/Kinesis, Step Functions, EventBridge.
- Data: Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, Redshift.
- Hybrid/enterprise: Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Landing Zones, Control Tower.
- Compliance: CIS Benchmarks, SOC2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA.
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