Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

About the job

We’re hiring a Lead AWS Cloud Engineer for a fully remote contract-to-hire opportunity supporting an enterprise cloud team. The role is focused on hands-on AWS cloud engineering, automation, infrastructure, and SRE-style work across AWS environments, including CloudFormation, IAM, AWS SSM, cloud networking, scripting, backups, disaster recovery, and observability. Candidates must be able to support EST hours.

You’ll be joining a leading specialty insurance company that provides property, casualty, and specialty insurance solutions to businesses and individuals. This is a great opportunity for a senior cloud engineer who wants to stay hands-on in ****AWS while working on enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure, automation, reliability, and modernization. You’ll have the opportunity to make an impact across a large cloud environment, work alongside an experienced cloud engineering team, and grow into a long-term role with the potential to convert to full-time all while working fully remote.

Contract Duration: 6 – 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

· Lead-level AWS Cloud Engineering experience

· Strong AWS design and hands-on development/engineering experience

· Python, PowerShell, Bash/Shell scripting

· AWS IAM, including permission sets, policies, trust relationships, and SCPs

· Windows and Linux server administration/troubleshooting

· AWS Systems Manager (SSM) automation and patch management

· AWS centralized backup solutions

· AWS cloud networking

· Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation

· Experience with cloud observability, preferably Dynatrace

· Cloud cost management

· Disaster recovery implementation and support

· Familiarity with AI technologies

· Ability to support EST business hours

Desired Skills & Experience

· AWS certifications

· GCP or Azure

· Terraform

· GitLab / CI/CD

· APIM platforms such as Gravitee, Apigee, Kong, or MuleSoft

· .NET or Java development

· MSSQL or PostgreSQL

· Kubernetes

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

· 35% AWS Cloud Engineering & Infrastructure

· 20% AWS Automation / SSM / CloudFormation

· 15% IAM, Security & Cloud Networking

· 10% Windows/Linux Administration

· 10% Observability, Reliability & Disaster Recovery

· 10% Cloud Cost Management & AI Technology

Daily Responsibilities

· 50% Hands-On Cloud Engineering & Automation

· 20% SRE / Reliability & Troubleshooting

· 15% Cloud Infrastructure Support & Maintenance

· 15% Team Collaboration