AWS Cloud, IAM, CDK & DevOps Engineer

Description Kforce has a client that is seeking an AWS Cloud, IAM, CDK and Dev Ops Engineer in Juno Beach, FL.

Summary:

The Power Systems Optimizer (PSO) platform supports energy market analysis, forecasting, optimization, scenario evaluation, and operational decision-making. The PSO Interface IT Enablement initiative is focused on establishing a scalable, secure, automated, and supportable cloud foundation for Market Analysis platform growth and Western market expansion.

The AWS Cloud, IAM, CDK and Dev Ops Engineer will design, implement, automate, and support the AWS cloud foundation for the PSO platform. The role will own AWS environment architecture, IAM and identity controls, reusable AWS CDK infrastructure, CI/CD enablement, observability, resilience, security, and production readiness across development, test, and production environments.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design, implement, and support secure AWS infrastructure across development, test, and production environments
* Define and manage IAM roles, policies, service accounts, identity federation, permission boundaries, and least-privilege access controls
* Implement and support Amazon Cognito authentication and application integration patterns where required
* Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure-as-code constructs, stacks, and deployment patterns using AWS CDK
* Build and support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments through approved Dev Ops and Git Hub workflows
* Automate environment provisioning, configuration, validation, promotion, rollback, and release processes
* Implement cloud networking, secrets management, encryption, logging, monitoring, alerting, backup, recovery, and resiliency controls
* Partner with developers, architects, security teams, and vendors to resolve integration, access, deployment, and performance issues
* Create cloud architecture diagrams, implementation plans, technical standards, test evidence, and production-readiness documentation Requirements
* 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering or Dev Ops experience
* Strong experience with AWS IAM, authentication, authorization, identity federation, and least-privilege design
* Hands-on experience developing and deploying infrastructure using AWS CDK
* Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines and Git-based deployment workflows
* Experience supporting enterprise AWS environments and production operations
* Knowledge of AWS networking, secrets management, encryption, observability, backup, recovery, and resiliency
* Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Type Script, JavaScript, Bash, or comparable technologies
* Strong documentation, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience with Git Hub, Git Hub Actions, AWS Code Pipeline, AWS Code Build, or comparable Dev Ops tooling
* Experience defining reusable CDK constructs, deployment standards, account structures, and environment guardrails
* Experience supporting containerized or serverless AWS workloads and automated operational monitoring
* Experience supporting energy trading, power market analytics, utility operations, renewable energy, or forecasting platforms
* Familiarity with North American ISO/RTO markets such as ERCOT, PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, NYISO, or ISO-NE.
* Experience in regulated, cybersecurity-sensitive, or compliance-driven environments
* Relevant AWS certification preferred

Expected Deliverables:
* Documented AWS cloud, identity, CDK, and Dev Ops architecture
* Configured development, test, and production cloud environments
* Reusable AWS CDK constructs, stacks, and deployment templates
* IAM, authentication, authorization, and access-control standards
* CI/CD pipelines and automated infrastructure deployment workflows
* Monitoring, logging, alerting, backup, recovery, and resiliency procedures

Job Type Contract Compensation
65 - $71