Associate AWS Cloud Engineer

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Dallas, TXJob Code: SP091526

Job Type: Full Time Category: IT Placement Manager:
Steve Palmer Salary Range: $110,000-$120,000

Our Dallas client company is seeking an Associate AWS Cloud Engineer with at least two years of hands-on experience supporting AWS infrastructure in production environments. This role will deploy, administer,automate, and support AWS services across multiple environments.

This opportunity is well suited for an infrastructure professional who has developed broad, hands-on AWS experience rather than working within one narrow specialty. The successful candidate will support production systems, improve automation and deployment processes, troubleshoot issues across the technology stack, and collaborate with software development, security, and infrastructure teams.

Candidates may come from several relevant backgrounds, including:

A systems administrator who moved into AWS after managing Windows or Linux environments

An AWS engineer from a smaller team who has owned infrastructure from end to endA software or application engineer who transitioned into infrastructure, IaC, deployment, and operations

An AWS engineer with strong Windows Server and Active Directory experience

Key Responsibilities Deploy, administer, and support AWS infrastructure and services across multiple environments

Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, and application issues and perform root-cause analysis

Support and improve CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments

Participate in infrastructure projects, system upgrades, and production support

Execute disaster-recovery procedures and operational runbooks

Monitor environments using Amazon Cloud Watch and related tools

Respond to performance, availability, and security issues

Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Cloud Formation, Terraform, or an equivalent platform

Create and improve automation scripts that reduce manual operational work

Help implement and maintain AWS security controls and identity and access management

Collaborate with software development, security, and infrastructure teams

Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures

Compensation and Benefits This is a permanent, full-time direct-hire position. The selected candidate will work onsite in Dallas two to three days per week during the first one to two months and then transition to a fully remote schedule.

The starting base salary is $110,000-$120,000, depending on experience. The company also offers an excellent benefits package that includes:

Annual merit increases

Annual discretionary performance bonuses

Discretionary profit-sharing plan
401(k) plan with employer match

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Additional company benefits

Requirements

Required Qualifications – At least two years of hands-on experience supporting AWS infrastructure in production environments– One of the following active AWS certifications:

AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator – Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional– Experience writing and modifying IaC templates, with a clear understanding of the resources they deploy, using

Cloud

Formation, Terraform, or an equivalent technology– Working knowledge of core AWS services involving compute, storage, databases, networking, and security– Experience creating scripts in Python, Bash, or Power Shell to automate operational tasks, rather than only modifying or running existing scripts– Experience using Cloud Watch, Pager Duty, or an equivalent monitoring and alerting platform– Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines–

Experience with Git-based workflows– Proven troubleshooting ability, including the ability to explain a technical…