AWS Engineer

Akkodis is seeking an AWS Engineer for a Contract with a client in New York, NY. This role requires a highly skilled AWS Engineer capable of delivering secure and reliable cloud infrastructure while leading critical platform release activities.Rate Range: $53/hour to $55/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.AWS Engineer job responsibilities include:* Own AWS platform release management across environments, including validation, regression checks, change documentation, and readiness reviews.* Design, build, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (or CloudFormation), enforcing reusable modules, guardrails, and drift detection.* Manage AMI lifecycle and OS hardening, including image building, patching strategies, vulnerability remediation, and golden image governance.* Operate and evolve core AWS services (EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, KMS, Route 53, ALB/NLB, S3/EBS/EFS, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB) with a focus on security, reliability, and scalability.* Implement end-to-end observability and incident response, maintaining production visibility (logs/metrics/traces), SLO/SLI tracking, and root-cause analysis for app and infrastructure issues.* Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Harness a plus) to automate deployments, compliance checks, and environment promotions while improving release velocity and stability.Required Qualifications:* Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.* 10+ years of experience in SRE, Cloud Operations, or DevOps with extensive AWS hands-on expertise.* Strong proficiency in AWS compute, networking, storage, and database services with proven end‐to‐end troubleshooting capability.* Expert-level experience with Terraform (or CloudFormation) for Infrastructure as Code and managing AMI pipelines, patching, and OS hardening.If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, feel free to contact me at Ritesh.Kumar@akkodisgroup.com.Pay Details: $53.00 to $55.00 per hourBenefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/DisabledMilitary connected talent encouraged to applyTo read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.akkodis.com/en/us/candidate-privacy-policyThe Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:The California Fair Chance ActLos Angeles City Fair Chance OrdinanceLos Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for EmployersSan Francisco Fair Chance OrdinanceMassachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.