Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) Location: Austin, TX - must be local and able to be onsite 1-2 days per week Duration: 6 month contract-to-hire Compensation: $75-$95/HR Work schedule: Monday-Friday (8 AM-5PM CST) - onsite 1-2x per week Benefits: This position is eligible for medical, dental, vision and 401(k). What You\'ll Do Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure supporting business-critical applications. Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, cost efficiency, security, and availability. Build and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible). Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across cloud infrastructure, networking, and application deployments. Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption, and compliance standards. Partner with DevOps, engineering, and business teams to deliver scalable cloud solutions. Support cloud-native architectures, including microservices and serverless workloads. Mentor junior engineers and provide exceptional service to internal customers. Stay current on AWS technologies and recommend improvements to cloud strategy. What You\'ll Bring Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or equivalent practical experience. 4+ years of hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure experience (Azure/GCP experience is a plus). Strong experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, ECS/EKS, Fargate, and CloudWatch. Experience with IaC tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines. Solid understanding of cloud networking, security best practices, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, GDPR). Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices. Proficiency in one or more scripting/programming languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell, C#, or Go). Proven troubleshooting skills and the ability to work independently across teams. AWS and IaC certifications highly preferred. Who You Are Customer-focused and committed to delivering exceptional internal experiences. Highly collaborative with strong communication skills. Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments. An active learner who continuously improves through experimentation. Addison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Addison Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. IND 005-009