Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Description Summary

Implement, uphold, and manage the organization's Cloud Management policies, specifications, and infrastructure. Migrate existing on‑premise applications to the cloud, debug cloud stacks, and implement new cloud‑applications. Manage and perform continuous integration and continuous deployment processes, and cost optimization of the private, public, and hybrid cloud platforms.

Please note:

This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future. This position will follow our hybrid work model; we expect the selected candidate to be in office a minimum of 10-12 days a month at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office (primary) or the Denver, CO Tech Center.

• Research and recommend innovative technologies and approaches for public cloud infrastructure management, upgrades, or improvements, while adhering to technical or budgetary constraints.
• Proactively plan capacity monitoring and scaling of platforms and applications.
• Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as costs, performance, and security to determine solution patterns and services.
• Participate in software system programming, validation, deployment, and documentation.
• Provide technical leadership, including mentoring others, gaining consensus across teams and individuals, substantiating technical decisions, validating team recommendations, integrating efforts into a comprehensive strategy, and delivering results on time.
• Writes and/or reviews requirements, system specifications, flow charts and technical diagrams.
• May occasionally work a non-standard schedule including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Must have 3+ years of AWS Cloud Engineer experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Experience coordinating efforts across one or more teams and mentoring more junior developers.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, including IAM, S3, EC2, Lambda/Serverless Technologies, Red Shift, Aurora and EKS.
• Knowledge of SOLID and object-oriented design patterns.
• Experience with on-premises and cloud-based networking.
• Good knowledge of on-premises and cloud security practices.
• Experience writing software in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Groovy, Go, Type Script).
• User/developer-level experience with Linux, particularly Ubuntu, Red Hat, or CentOS.
• Experience working with CI/CD Pipelines or Stack Orchestration processes.
• Experience working with Git.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum planning tools (e.g., Jira, Azure Dev Ops).

• Experience with Container tools including Kubernetes and Docker.

• AWS Certification(s) preferred but not required.
• Terraform Certification preferred but not required.
• Programming Certification(s) preferred but not required.

High School (HS) (Required)

General Experience - 6 to 10 years

$75,000.00-$

Less than 25%

Hybrid

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave);

and parental leave. Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.