AWS Cloud Engineer

OverviewAgility Partners is seeking a qualified AWS Cloud Platform Engineer III to fill an open position with one of our clients in the financial services industry. This is an exciting opportunity to support a large-scale, enterprise AWS environment at the center of a company’s digital transformation and regulatory compliance efforts. In this role, you’ll work hands-on with a mature cloud platform supporting hundreds of AWS accounts and serverless workloads. You’ll collaborate closely with security, architecture, and application teams while operating in a highly regulated environment.As an AWS Cloud Platform Engineer III, you will be responsible for the day-to-day operation, security, and evolution of the enterprise AWS platform. This role requires deep technical expertise, strong ownership, and the ability to execute complex infrastructure changes while adhering to formal change management and compliance standards.What You’ll Be Responsible ForManaging AWS account lifecycle activities, including provisioning, configuration, and decommissioning within AWS OrganizationsDesigning, provisioning, and maintaining VPC networking, Transit Gateway connectivity, and compute infrastructure using TerraformEnforcing cloud security and compliance controls including IAM, SCPs, encryption standards, and remediation of security findingsProviding operational support including monitoring, incident response, cost optimization, and participation in an on-call rotationThe Ideal Candidate5–10 years of hands-on experience in AWS-focused cloud infrastructure engineeringStrong expertise with Terraform (HCL) and infrastructure-as-code lifecycle managementDeep knowledge of AWS core services including VPC, EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Transit GatewayProven experience operating multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations and Service Control PoliciesProficiency in IAM policy design, cross-account access patterns, and least-privilege security modelsExperience with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows (GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform Cloud, or similar)Background working in regulated, enterprise environments with formal change management and strong documentation practicesReasons to Love ItOpportunity to support and shape a large-scale, enterprise AWS platformWork in a remote-first environment with collaboration across security and architecture teamsHands-on ownership of critical cloud infrastructure in a regulated industryStrong emphasis on engineering standards, automation, and continuous improvement