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AWS Cloud Engineer - REMOTE

Robert Half
Des Moines, IA Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 6/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/4/2028
Position: AWS Cloud Engineer
Location: Fully Remote
Salary: up to $135,000

Are you a cloud-savvy engineer with a passion for automation, scalability, and secure infrastructure?
Join a forward-thinking organization as an AWS Cloud Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in building and maintaining cloud-native solutions that power high-impact platforms across the country.
This is your chance to work alongside talented software engineers, TechOps, and security professionals in a collaborative environment that values innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do
• Architect, implement, and manage scalable infrastructure in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions
• Develop infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Automate provisioning, deployments, and configuration management
• Manage VPCs, IAM, security groups, load balancers, and cloud-native services
• Implement proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting for performance and security
• Collaborate with developers to create a seamless, developer-friendly cloud platform
• Support incident response and root cause analysis
What You Bring
• 5 years of experience in cloud engineering and DevOps
• Deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and services
• Proficiency in Python scripting
• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automation tools
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS
• Solid understanding of networking concepts, DNS, firewalls, and VPNs
• Comfortable working with Windows/Linux operating systems
Requirements
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Minimum of 3–4 years of experience in relevant roles
• Stable work history

*** For immediate and confidential consideration, please send a message to MEREDITH CARLE on LinkedIn or send an email to me with your resume. My email can be found on my LinkedIn page. ***
AWS Technologies, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Docker
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Salary : $135,000

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