Senior AWS Cloud Engineer; IaC​/Networking

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer (IaC/Networking)

Anywhere

Contract

Industry: Financial Services

Remote

Our client seeks an experienced AWS Cloud Platform Engineer to support an enterprise AWS environment managing 100+ accounts, 250+ serverless functions, and a robust infrastructure-as-code ecosystem aligned to digital transformation and regulatory objectives. This hands‑on role focuses on day‑to‑day platform operations, account lifecycle, VPC networking, security controls enforcement, and operational support within a regulated environment with strict change and compliance requirements.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis. For our W2 consultants, we offer a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr w2

• Provision and manage AWS accounts and services, including decommissioning within AWS Organizations.
• Perform VPC provisioning, upgrades, and configuration management using Terraform.
• Manage Transit Gateway attachments, route table configurations, and cross‑account connectivity.
• Support compute infrastructure including EC2 fleet management, Auto Scaling Groups, and load balancers.
• Fulfill infrastructure change requests through ITSM processes and formal change management.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Terraform configurations for AWS provisioning.
• Operate within Terraform Cloud work spaces with policy‑as‑code enforcement and contribute to internal modules and guardrails.
• Implement and maintain SCPs, IAM policies, and least‑privilege access models.
• Enforce encryption and data protection standards across EBS, RDS, S3, and KMS.
• Triage and remediate findings from CSPM tools, vulnerability scans, and drift detection.
• Manage VPC endpoints, Private Link connectivity, and network security controls.
• Monitor and respond to alarms, security findings, and AWS Config rule violations.
• Support Fin Ops practices including budget monitoring, enforcement, and resource optimization.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation for cloud platform support.
• Collaborate with application, security, and enterprise architecture stakeholders.
• Maintain operational runbooks, SOPs, and technical documentation including troubleshooting procedures and customer guides.

• 5 to 10 years of hands‑on cloud infrastructure engineering with an AWS focus.
• Demonstrated experience with Terraform and IaC lifecycle management.
• Deep knowledge of AWS core services including VPC, EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, KMS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Route 53, API Gateway, and ELB (ALB/NLB), plus Transit Gateway.
• Experience operating multi‑account AWS environments using AWS Organizations and SCPs.
• Proficiency in IAM policy design, cross‑account access patterns, and least‑privilege principles.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Terraform Cloud, Jenkins, or Git Hub Actions.
• Experience with Git‑based workflows including branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Experience working in regulated or enterprise environments with formal change management such as Service Now.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills for complex multi‑account AWS environments.
• Effective written and verbal communication with ability to produce clear technical documentation.
• Must‑have technical skills: AWS VPC architecture and network design patterns, cloud security controls, Elastic Load Balancing, Linux or macOS command‑line proficiency, NAT Gateway, VPC endpoints and Private Link, Python and Bash or Shell scripting, Route 53 DNS architecture, Transit Gateway design, and understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, TLS or SSL, and network troubleshooting.
• Nice‑to‑have skills: AWS certifications, CSPM tools, policy‑as‑code frameworks, experience in financial services or regulated industries, containerization and serverless familiarity, Hashi Corp Vault, Fin Ops and AWS cost optimization, and working knowledge of Golang.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.