AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

Location:  Stamford, CT 

Duration: 6 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $89/hour on C2c

Job Type: C2C/1099

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US-Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

Job Description: Cloud Engineer
Primary Skills: AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Python, CI/CD, CloudBees, OPA 

Required Qualifications

• 6–8 years of experience in AWS cloud engineering and solution architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing AWS cloud solutions.
• Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience developing Ansible playbooks for infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Strong Python programming and Unix/Linux shell scripting skills.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS RDS PostgreSQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Kinesis Data Firehose.
• Experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and policy-as-code implementation.
• Strong understanding of AWS security, identity management, governance, and compliance.
• Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, technical documentation, and communication skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.