Lead​/Principal Cloud Engineer

Location: Fully Remote — Must support Eastern Time hours

Duration: Contract

Rate: 75 - 85 per hour w2

We’re seeking a hands-on Lead / Principal Cloud Engineer with deep AWS expertise to support an enterprise cloud team. This fully remote opportunity requires Eastern Time availability and combines cloud engineering, automation, infrastructure development, and SRE-style operational support.

Take ownership of the infrastructure that keeps enterprise cloud environments secure, reliable, and efficient. You’ll develop Cloud Formation templates, automate account provisioning and patching, improve observability, and strengthen disaster recovery while providing technical leadership through hands-on engineering.

Contract Duration: Long term contract

• Lead- or Principal-level AWS cloud engineering experience with strong hands-on design, development, implementation, and operational support capabilities.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python, Power Shell, or Bash/shell.
• Experience managing AWS IAM permission sets, policies, trust relationships, and service control policies (SCPs).
• Strong Windows and Linux server administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience using AWS Systems Manager (SSM) for automation, server management, and patch management.
• Experience implementing and supporting centralized AWS backups.
• Strong cloud networking knowledge and troubleshooting capabilities.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience developing and maintaining AWS Cloud Formation templates.
• Experience with observability technologies, preferably Dynatrace.
• Familiarity with AI technologies.
• Experience with cloud cost management and optimization.
• Experience implementing and supporting disaster recovery.
• Ability to support Eastern Time business hours.

• Experience with GCP or Azure.
• Development experience with .NET or Java.
• API management experience with Gravitee, Apigee, Kong, Mule Soft, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Git Lab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
• AWS certifications preferred.

• Primary platform: AWS.
• Infrastructure and automation:
  Cloud Formation, AWS SSM, Python, Power Shell, and Bash/shell.
• Operations: IAM, cloud networking, centralized backups, observability, cost management, and disaster recovery.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership within an enterprise cloud engineering team.
• Design, develop, maintain, and troubleshoot AWS infrastructure and Cloud Formation templates.
• Provision cloud accounts and manage access controls, permission sets, policies, and trust relationships.
• Automate infrastructure administration, server management, and patching through AWS SSM.
• Maintain and update scripts to address runtime changes, including Python deprecation cycles.
• Administer and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers and cloud networking.
• Support centralized backups, disaster recovery implementation, and recovery readiness.
• Improve monitoring and observability, preferably using Dynatrace.
• Monitor cloud spending and implement cost optimization improvements.
• Perform SRE-style work alongside cloud engineering to improve reliability and operational efficiency.