Senior AWS DevOps/Security Engineer – Architect

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. Design, build, and operate AWS environments across DEV, TEST, UAT, PROD, and DR .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in AWS cloud engineering, including infrastructure automation, security management, and operational monitoring. Proficient in implementing and managing complex AWS environments while ensuring compliance and cost optimization.

Highest-signal resume keywords

AWS Cloud EngineeringInfrastructure Automation with TerraformAWS Networking and IAM ManagementCI/CD Pipeline Development with GitHub ActionsAWS Solutions Architect Certification

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Hard Skills

AWS EC2AWS S3AWS RDSAWS LambdaAWS CloudFormationAWS CLIPythonPowerShellBashTerraform

Soft Skills

TroubleshootingIncident ResponseChange Management

Tools & Technologies

AWS CloudWatchAWS Systems ManagerAWS MWAANetskopeGitHub Actions

Certifications & Qualifications

AWS Solutions ArchitectDevOps EngineerSecurity CertificationAdvanced Networking Certification

Industry Keywords

HealthcareGovernmentRegulated WorkloadsPrivate VPC ArchitectureCompliance Controls

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAWSCloudDNSEC2FirewallsLinuxPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate AWS environments across DEV, TEST, UAT, PROD, and DR
Manage AWS accounts, service quotas, resource governance, tagging, cost controls, and environment readiness
Implement private VPC/spoke architecture, subnetting, routing, Cloud WAN, VPC endpoints, PrivateLink, DNS, and private connectivity
Coordinate integrations with corporate networks, firewalls, Netskope, on-premises systems, and shared AWS network services
Build and support EC2, S3, RDS, MWAA, Lambda, ALB/NLB, Cognito, Route 53, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager, and related AWS services
Design IAM roles, trust relationships, permission policies, instance profiles, permission boundaries, and cross-account access
Implement KMS encryption, certificate management, S3 security, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and compliance controls
Develop infrastructure automation using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation where appropriate, AWS CLI, Python, PowerShell, and Bash
Build and maintain GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
Establish automated validation, security scanning, policy checks, approval gates, release controls, and rollback procedures
Implement CloudTrail, CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs, AWS Config, SNS alarms, dashboards, and centralized operational monitoring
Support AWS MWAA/Airflow, RDS PostgreSQL, S3 landing zones, bastion services, and private application access
Troubleshoot complex IAM, KMS, DNS, routing, firewall, endpoint, Linux, EC2, database, and managed-service issues
Perform architecture reviews, cost optimization, capacity planning, disaster recovery planning, and production-readiness assessments
Create architecture diagrams, operational procedures, support runbooks, compliance evidence, and recovery documentation
Participate in production support, incident response, root-cause analysis, and service improvement

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of hands-on AWS cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud security experience
Strong knowledge of AWS networking, IAM, KMS, S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, and private service connectivity
Experience operating private, regulated, or enterprise AWS environments
Strong infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform
Experience with GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD platforms
Proficiency with AWS CLI, Linux, Python, PowerShell, and Bash automation
Understanding of identity federation, SAML/OIDC, secrets management, certificates, encryption, and least-privilege access
Ability to troubleshoot across cloud infrastructure, networking, security, application, and on-premises boundaries
Experience with monitoring, incident response, change management, and production operations
Preferred AWS Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, Security, or Advanced Networking certification
Experience with AWS MWAA, Airflow, Cognito, RDS PostgreSQL, Network Firewall, Cloud WAN, Netskope, or Cloudera on AWS
Experience supporting healthcare, government, or other regulated workloads

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work option
Diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment
Sustainability-focused workplace
Employee referral opportunity