Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Dev Ops

Industry: Communications

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference:

Date Posted: 03/11/2026

Description

Remote

Our client seeks a senior platform engineer to design, build, and operate secure, scalable AWS infrastructure. The role focuses on reusable platform capabilities, automation, and governance that enable engineering teams to deliver applications and data systems reliably. You will standardize infrastructure patterns, improve operational reliability with observability and runbooks, and ensure security and compliance across AWS environments.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $75.00 to $65.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable AWS infrastructure using services such as S3, IAM, KMS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, and Event Bridge.
• Build and maintain cloud-native data and application platforms using S3, Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, Kinesis or MSK, and Redshift or Snowflake on AWS.
• Engineer secure networking patterns including VPC architecture, service‑to‑service communication, and cross‑account access.
• Implement encryption, key management, and secure data handling practices across the platform.
• Implement access control models with AWS IAM and role‑based access to enforce least privilege.
• Establish platform guardrails using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Service Control Policies.
• Enforce configuration baselines, compliance standards, and drift detection across accounts and environments.
• Build observability using Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, AWS Config, structured logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Define SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, and automated remediation standards.
• Develop operational runbooks, incident response processes, and reliability improvements.
• Deliver infrastructure‑as‑code with Terraform or Cloud Formation and create reusable modules and templates.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, and deployment workflows.
• Provide tools and frameworks that enable efficient application deployment and operations in AWS.
• Partner with engineering, security, and data teams to improve platform capabilities and cloud adoption.
• Provide advanced technical troubleshooting and Tier‑3 support, and lead post‑incident reviews.

Experience Requirements

• 6 to 10+ years in platform, cloud, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Hands‑on expertise with AWS services including S3, IAM, KMS, Lambda, API Gateway, VPC, Event Bridge, and Cloud Watch.
• Proven experience designing and operating secure AWS infrastructure.
• Strong security fundamentals across identity management, encryption, and network security.
• Proficiency with Terraform or Cloud Formation for infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and working with Git‑based workflows.
• Scripting and automation skills with Python or Bash.
• Implemented monitoring, observability, and operational reliability practices.
• Advanced troubleshooting experience supporting complex production systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes or container platforms (preferred).
• Experience with enterprise identity and federation such as SAML, OAuth, or OIDC (preferred).
• Familiarity with AWS governance services including Control Tower, Organizations, SCPs, and Config (preferred).
• Experience in regulated environments or with SOX, SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR (preferred).
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer, or Security Specialty (preferred).

Education Requirements

• AWS Solutions Architect, Dev Ops Engineer, or Security Specialty certification (preferred).

Legal

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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