Job Title: AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Location: Austin, TX

Salary Range: $73 - $81 an hour

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly motivated Cloud Engineer with a strong foundation in cloud computing and systems engineering to help drive the design, implementation, and optimization of scalable and secure cloud-based solutions. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience working with AWS technologies, a solid understanding of modern development tools and methodologies, and a passion for delivering high-impact solutions in fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborate with software development teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and applications.
• Assist in the migration and transformation of legacy applications and workloads to cloud-native platforms.
• Monitor and troubleshoot performance and reliability issues within cloud environments.
• Automate deployment, monitoring, and management of infrastructure using IaC and DevOps best practices.
• Partner with cross-functional teams including security, networking, and data engineering to ensure cloud solutions align with organizational goals.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor during customer implementations and internal stakeholder engagements.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in design, implementation, or consulting on applications and infrastructure.
• 4+ years of experience in specific technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, or data & analytics.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Familiarity with software development tools and methodologies (e.g., Agile, CI/CD, Git).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in software development or Internet-related industries.
• Proven experience migrating or transforming legacy systems to cloud platforms.
• Practical experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC) from a development and operations standpoint.
• Background in technology/software sales, pre-sales engineering, or consulting roles.
• Experience with customer-facing implementation and cloud adoption projects.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance