AWS Cloud Engineer

AWS Cloud EngineerPay: $35-40/HR on W2 Location: Remote - Raleigh, NCHigh-level responsibilities include:Leading planning and execution of AWS region transfer activities across web platform environments.Assessing the current AWS infrastructure and identifying migration dependencies, risks, sequencing needs, and rollback considerations.Coordinating region transfer activities across development, staging, and production environments.Validating application functionality, infrastructure performance, DNS behavior, SSL/TLS configuration, security controls, backups, and monitoring after transfer.Creating clear documentation for architecture, dependencies, technical decisions, validation steps, and cutover support.Partnering with vendors and internal stakeholders to minimize downtime, reduce operational risk, and maintain business continuity.Supporting AWS-hosted web application environments, including EC2, VPCs, security groups, IAM, Route53, CloudWatch, S3, backups, and load balancers.Reviewing AWS configurations and recommending improvements for security, maintainability, scalability, monitoring, and cost awareness.Troubleshooting server performance, connectivity, capacity, availability, and environment consistency issues.Making proactive AWS infrastructure updates as needed.Supporting the Bitbucket migration from external vendors to internal ownership and helping standardize repository workflows.Designing, writing, and maintaining Bitbucket Pipelines for deployment, validation, and operational automation.Building or improving CI/CD processes for safer and more consistent application deployments.Writing scripts using Bash, Python, or similar tools to automate repeatable operational tasks.Documenting deployment processes, pipeline logic, release dependencies, and support procedures.Administering and troubleshooting Linux-based web hosting environments.Evaluating server-level recommendations and explaining the technical purpose, risks, and implement considerations to non-infrastructure stakeholders.Supporting server-hardening efforts, OS patching, vulnerability remediation, SSH configuration, SSL/TLS configuration, and access-control improvements.Providing guidance on PHP-FPM, Apache, NGINX, memory allocation, CPU utilization, log analysis, and capacity planning.Reviewing vendor recommendations, challenging assumptions when needed, and advising whether proposed changes are appropriate for the environment.Required qualifications include:5+ years of experience in AWS infrastructure engineering, DevOps, cloud operations, or a closely related role.Strong hands-on experience managing AWS production environments.Experience with EC2, IAM, security groups, VPCs, Route53, CloudWatch, S3, and application load balancers.Strong Linux system administration experience, including server troubleshooting, patching, log review, access control, and performance tuning.Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably in Bitbucket Pipelines.Strong Git and repository management experience.Ability to write practical automation scripts using Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.Experience supporting web application hosting environments.Strong communication skills with the ability to explain infrastructure concepts clearly to web, vendor, security, and business stakeholders.Preferred qualifications include:Experience with AWS region-to-region transfers or cloud migration projects.Experience supporting PHP-based applications or WordPress hosting environments.Familiarity with Apache, NGINX, PHP-FPM, SSL/TLS certificates, DNS, and CDN-related infrastructure.Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.Experience with server hardening, vulnerability remediation, and enterprise security requirements.Experience working with managed hosting providers, external agencies, and cross-functional enterprise teams.