Cloud Engineer

Our client, an established organization in the manufacturing and transportation sector, is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join their team. This role involves working on AWS infrastructure, network architecture, and security, supporting migration and maintaining critical cloud systems.

Salary + Additional Benefits:

• $135,000-$145,000
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match

Location: Shelton, CT

Type of Position: Direct Hire

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for production, staging, and development environments
• Contribute to network architecture including VPCs, subnets, security groups, VPNs, and DNS
• Implement and uphold security best practices such as IAM policies, encryption, secrets management, and access controls
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code
• Support migration of workloads from legacy datacenter to cloud infrastructure
• Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud environments for performance, cost, and reliability
• Develop disaster recovery, backup strategies, and incident response procedures
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker, ECS/Fargate, and container registries
• Serve as the US-based point of contact for infrastructure issues, collaborating with UK-based engineers
• Improve infrastructure documentation, stability, and supportability
• Document architecture decisions, operational procedures, and runbooks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, data scientists, and product managers
• Write clean, tested, and well-documented code; participate in code reviews and planning
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing

Requirements:

• Extensive experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Route 53, ECS, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Config, Security Hub)
• Strong networking knowledge including TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, firewalls
• Deep security knowledge including IAM, encryption, compliance frameworks, vulnerability management
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling and automation scripting (Python, Bash)
• Knowledge of containerization platforms (Docker, ECS/Fargate)
• Ability to work independently and in cross-location teams
• Excellent communication skills for remote collaboration and documentation
• Familiarity with version control systems and agile development practices
• Problem-solving skills and quick learning aptitude
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, Security Specialty, or Advanced Networking) are a plus
• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS, cloud migration projects, and observability tools is desirable
• Knowledge of compliance standards relevant to transportation or rail industries is a plus

Due to the high volume of applications we typically receive, we regret that we are not able to personally respond to all applications. However, if you are invited to take the next step in the process, you will typically be contacted within one week of submitting your application.