AWS Platform Engineer

Posted on March 11, 2025

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Job Description

  • Job Title: AWS Platform Engineer (Associate AWS Solution Architect)
  • Location: Remote
  • Experience: 6+ Years
  • Duration: 3-6 Months
  • Urgent Requirement: Immediate Joining Required (Bench Resource Preferred)
  • Job Summary:
  • We are urgently looking for a highly skilled AWS Platform Engineer with expertise in AWS Cloud Infrastructure, Service Mesh, and GitHub Actions for automation and deployment pipelines. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in designing secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant cloud solutions, along with experience in automating infrastructure and implementing CI/CD best practices. This is a replacement position with an immediate start, and we aim to close this requirement within this week.
  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Architect and deploy secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS.
  • Migrate workloads from on-premises or other cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) to AWS with minimal downtime.
  • Automate infrastructure deployments using Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
  • Design and implement multi-account AWS architectures using tools like Control Tower, Landing Zone, and GuardDuty.
  • Manage and optimize cloud services such as VPC, EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, Lambda, and S3.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for seamless application deployment and updates.
  • Implement monitoring and alerting systems using CloudWatch and Prometheus.
  • Ensure security best practices using WAF, Shield, and custom IAM policies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with business and technical requirements.
  • Required Skills & Expertise:
  • Strong expertise in AWS services: EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda, S3, IAM, Route 53, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, etc.
  • Experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages: Python, Shell scripting, and PowerShell.
  • Networking expertise: AWS Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, Direct Connect, VPN, and AWS Network Firewall (Mandatory).
  • Multi-account architecture knowledge, security best practices, and cost optimization techniques.
  • CI/CD expertise: Hands-on experience with tools like CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy.
  • Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
  • Preferred Skills (Good to Have):
  • Azure experience: Resource Groups, VNet, Storage Accounts, Application Gateway.
  • Experience in Service Mesh and GitHub Actions for automation.
  • Certifications (Preferred but Not Mandatory):
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
  • HashiCorp Certified - Terraform Associate

Required Skills

vpc ec2 rds elasticache lambda and s3