Job Title : Cloud Engineer
Location : Remote
Job-Type : Contract
Salary Range : $125K - $150K
Referral Fee : $1,000
Position Overview :
We are seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to support a highly reliable, high-volume Web Services team operating primarily on AWS. This role focuses on running and improving cloud-based services that handle billions of requests per year, supporting ongoing cloud migrations, and ensuring uptime, performance, and cost efficiency. The engineer will work closely with Java / React development teams that understand cloud concepts but rely on this role for deep cloud engineering expertise.
Duties & Responsibilities :
- Operate, maintain, and improve highly available AWS-based web services with strict uptime expectations
- Respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and support day-to-day operational needs (no fixed daily routine)
- Own cloud operational excellence, including monitoring, alerting, and reporting (CloudWatch)
- Support migration of remaining on-prem services to AWS
- Drive cost efficiency and FinOps practices, including resource tagging and usage optimization
- Contribute to 2026 planning, capacity, and utilization forecasting
- Partner with developers and a portfolio architect to implement and evolve cloud architectures for new initiatives
- Create and maintain operational and knowledge base documentation in ServiceNow
Required Experience & Skills :
Strong AWS experience in production environmentsExperience with Docker and / or other containerization toolsExperience with AWS tools / services such as Fargate, CloudFront, CloudWatch (monitoring and reporting), SNS, SQS, etc.Experience supporting hybrid environments (AWS + on-prem VMs, Oracle on-prem)Nice to Have Experience :
DevSecOps experience, especially related to cloud migration and promotionCloudFoundry exposureJava-based backend services (engineering support level, not pure app dev)Familiarity with React front-end environmentsExposure to mobile testing workflows