AWS Cloud Engineer

Dear Applicant, Please let me know if you are interested. Title: AWS Cloud Engineer Location: Boston, MA (Hybrid 3 days at client place) Hire Type: Long Term Contract Job Description: Role: Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and optimize multi-region AWS architectures ensuring scalability, high availability, and resilience. Build and manage advanced VPC networking including VPC peering, Transit Gateway (TGW), routing policies, and cross-region connectivity . Configure and maintain networking components: Security Groups Network ACLs (NACLs) Route Tables Internet Gateways (IGW) & NAT Gateways Ensure High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies across regions. Set up and manage hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect). Perform UNIX/Linux system administration , including: Server provisioning, patching, performance tuning Shell scripting and system-level troubleshooting Support and administer database environments in cloud and hybrid setups. Handle database administration tasks including: Installation, configuration, upgrades, and patching Backup & recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring Ensuring data availability, security, and integrity Collaborate with DevOps and application teams for secure deployments. Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for infrastructure. Optimize environments for cost, performance, and governance . Required Skills & Experience Core Experience 10+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer / AWS Infrastructure Engineer . Strong experience working in enterprise-scale cloud environments . Technical Skills AWS & Networking Strong expertise in: VPC, Transit Gateway (TGW), Route 53 VPN, Direct Connect Security Groups & NACLs Experience designing multi-region HA/DR architectures . Compute, Containers & Data Hands-on experience with: EC2 ECS (Fargate & EC2 launch types) Amazon Redshift UNIX / Linux Strong hands-on experience in: Linux/UNIX administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc.) Shell scripting ( Bash ) and system automation Performance tuning and system troubleshooting Database & DBA Skills Solid experience with database administration (DBA) in cloud/on-prem environments: RDBMS such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server Database installation, configuration, and upgrades Backup & recovery strategies Performance tuning and query optimization Familiarity with AWS database services (RDS, Aurora, Redshift) and migrations Infrastructure as Code & Automation Strong experience with: Terraform / CloudFormation Scripting using Python or Bash DevOps & CI/CD Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines Monitoring & Observability Experience with: CloudWatch, OpenSearch Grafana / Prometheus, Datadog Additional Skills Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and tagging strategies Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills Nice to Have AWS certifications (Solutions Architect / Advanced Networking) Experience with containerized and microservices architectures Knowledge of cloud security and compliance frameworks Show more Show less