AWS Platform Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: AWS Platform Engineer
Job Location: Reston, VA (Hybrid)
Job Type: Contract

Job Description/ Requirement:

• 10+ years of overall IT experience.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on AWS Cloud Platform Engineering and Administration.
• 3–5 years of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience.
• Strong experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, Lambda, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Direct Connect, ELB, Security Groups, NACLs, and Networking.
• Hands-on production experience with AWS implementations.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
• Strong automation skills using Python (Boto3), Ansible, and Linux Bash scripting.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, and containerized environments.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Bitbucket, Git, Artifactory, and related DevOps tools.
• Strong knowledge of Cloud-native architecture, microservices, and platform engineering.
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Understanding of cloud security, governance, monitoring, and observability.
• Experience with enterprise cloud migration and modernization projects.
• Exposure to AI/ML services such as Amazon Bedrock, Kendra, and RAG models is a plus.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• At least one AWS Certification (AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or equivalent) is required.

Preferred Skills:

• Python, Java, Go, or Groovy programming.
• Experience with Service Mesh (Istio/App Mesh), container security tools, and monitoring platforms such as Datadog, New Relic, AppDynamics, or Jaeger.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Cloud and DevOps certifications preferred.