Senior AWS Consultant

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior AWS Consultant based in the United States.

This role offers an opportunity for an experienced cloud professional to design and operate enterprise-scale AWS environments that support critical business operations. The position focuses on cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvement across complex technology ecosystems. You will work hands-on with modern AWS services, DevOps practices, and cloud-native solutions while helping teams adopt scalable and secure architectures. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to influence engineering decisions. This is a fully remote opportunity within the United States, offering long-term engagement and meaningful technical ownership. You will contribute to building resilient cloud platforms while collaborating with application, security, and infrastructure teams.

Accountabilities:: As a Senior AWS Consultant, you will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of secure cloud platforms while providing technical guidance across cloud engineering initiatives.

Architect, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade AWS environments across compute, networking, storage, identity, and managed data services.

Design and implement scalable AWS architectures focused on reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.

Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK with strong engineering practices.

Build and manage AWS multi-account environments, including landing zones, governance models, centralized logging, and shared services.

Design secure networking solutions including VPC architectures, subnetting, routing, transit gateways, VPN, and Direct Connect integrations.

Implement enterprise IAM strategies using AWS roles, permission boundaries, SSO, and least-privilege access controls.

Deploy and operate containerized workloads using Amazon EKS, ECS, and related cloud-native technologies.

Manage AWS data and analytics services including RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, Redshift, Glue, and Kinesis.

Build and improve CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.

Establish observability practices through monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and service-level objectives.

Drive cloud cost optimization initiatives through resource analysis, right-sizing, savings plans, and architectural improvements.

Implement disaster recovery strategies, automated backups, cross-region replication, and operational runbooks.

Strengthen cloud security posture through AWS security services and collaboration with security teams.

Advise development teams on AWS best practices, cloud-native patterns, and architecture decisions.

Develop automation tools and scripts using Python, Bash, or Go to improve operational efficiency.

Mentor engineers, contribute to architecture reviews, and promote cloud engineering best practices.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced AWS professional with strong cloud engineering expertise, automation skills, and the ability to design secure enterprise solutions.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

5+ years of cloud engineering experience, including at least 3 years working with AWS production environments.

Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, and CloudFormation.

Proven experience designing and managing infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.

Experience operating Amazon EKS or ECS clusters in production environments.

Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting; experience with Go or PowerShell is a plus.

Deep knowledge of cloud security principles, encryption, identity management, key management, and compliance requirements.

Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions in cloud environments.

Strong troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, security, application, and operations teams.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional certification preferred.

Experience with AWS Organizations, multi-account governance, zero-trust networking, service mesh technologies, or FinOps practices is a plus.

Experience supporting regulated environments such as HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FedRAMP is preferred.

Must be authorized to work in the United States; no new H1B sponsorship is available, though qualified H1B transfer candidates may be considered.

Benefits:

Competitive annual salary range of $100,000–$150,000 , based on experience and qualifications.

Fully remote work opportunity across the Continental United States.

Full-time direct employment opportunity with long-term career potential.

Competitive compensation package aligned with technical expertise and experience.

Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale cloud transformation initiatives.

Professional growth opportunities through exposure to advanced AWS technologies and architecture challenges.

Collaborative environment focused on innovation, engineering excellence, and continuous learning.

Benefits package supporting employee well-being and long-term career developme

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