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[YASH SHARMA]

Job Title: Ld Systems Engineer (AWS Cloud Platform Engineer)

Job Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid- 1 Day in a Week)

Job Type: Contract

 

Notes:

• Only for H1B & H4-EAD Candidates.
• Only for DC/MD/VA/WV/NC/DE/PA/NY/NJ Candidates.
  
• Must Have 7 Years of Experience in the USA.
• Overall 15+ Years of Experience.
• 2 interviews – 1 virtual/1 onsite.
• Onsite 1x per week, could be more during certain projects. Reston VA office. 

Hiring Manager Required Skills:

• 8-10 years exp 
• Must have AWS Cert (any cert would suffice)
• AWS Infrastructure provisioning SME - not just migration of existing tech stacks but new tech stacks getting deployed on AWS tech stack
• Cloud migration — migration from on-prem to cloud.  
• Containerization and move to EKS.  
• Some to cloud native and looking at other AWS options.  
• GenAI and using Bedrock.
• Troubleshooting the infrastructure
• Seeking a wide range of AWS services background - EKS is required (SME Level knowledge), seeking as many others as possible. EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, RedShift, EventBridge, Sagemaker, etc.
• Hands on exp with provisioning using automation via EKS - hands on EKS is required and some operational side work is preferred. 
• Hands on platform engineering exp is required
• Must haves: EKS and has many AWS services as possible, familiar with Terraform automation, Ansible playbooks, and Python code.
• Healthcare or any regulated industry would be nice to have
• Not looking for DevOps b/c, they do not have the PROVISIONING experience. Needs platformer operations provisioning specifically. Hands on experience with Automation and Infrastructure Provisioning is a must

Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer with 10+ years of IT experience and strong expertise in AWS, cloud automation, and SRE practices. This role focuses on designing, building, and managing scalable, secure, and highly reliable cloud platforms while leading transformation initiatives.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure and platform solutions.
• Lead system engineering projects, architecture design, and cloud transformation efforts.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
• Troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, and engineering teams.
• Drive modernization using microservices and container-based architectures.
• Mentor team members and promote best practices.

 

Required Skills:

• AWS Services: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation.
• Automation Tools: Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git, etc.).
• Programming/Scripting: Python, Bash.
• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Linux system administration.

 

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of IT experience (5+ years in AWS Cloud).
• 3–5 years in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS (or equivalent experience).
• At least 1 AWS Certification required.

 

Nice to Have:

• Experience with AWS AI/ML services (e.g., Bedrock, Kendra).
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture and microservices.
• Experience in enterprise cloud migration.

Yash Sharma | Technical Recruiter

Email: yashsitre...@gmail.com

 

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