Title: Senior AWS Infrastructure Modernization Engineer
Location: 100% Remote (Work from Home)
Duration: 6 Months with great possibility of extension/hire
Job Description:
- Client’s is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Software Engineer to lead the modernization, maintenance, and optimization of our AWS infrastructure.
- This role involves auditing AWS workloads, right-sizing resources across compute and data services, terminating unused instances, and implementing modern strategies to maximize efficiency.
- The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AWS services, automating provisioning processes, troubleshooting complex issues, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure minimal impact on ongoing services while optimizing costs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Optimize AWS resource usage to save costs, including terminating unused instances (EBS volumes, RDS, ElastiCache, DynamoDB) and right-sizing resources (S3, ECS, etc.
- Lead initiatives to modernize database infrastructure using AWS RDS, DB services, and Graviton processors.
- Develop and communicate feasible resource re-provisioning plans with impacted teams.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of the cost-saving processes.
- Provide advanced support and troubleshooting for database-related issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and minimal service disruption.
- Implement automation strategies for infrastructure provisioning and management.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 7 to 10 years of Hands-on experience with AWS technologies such as S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS, ElastiCache, etc.
- Practical experience with AWS Cost Analytics.
- Experience in automating infrastructure using CloudFormation (CF), Terraform, or similar tools.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Advanced AWS development skills.
- Proven ability to propose and implement innovative solutions to scale resources up/down without impacting running services.
- Experience in large-scale infrastructure modernization projects.
- AWS Certified Developer or DevOps Engineer Preferred
- If you are passionate about cloud infrastructure, cost optimization, and working in a dynamic and innovative environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Client’s.