Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS

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Senior Cloud Engineer architecting AWS solutions for Great American Insurance. Collaborating with teams to guide AWS shared services and infrastructure best practices.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeCincinnati • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerDynamoDBETLGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesMicroservicesTableauTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design solutions using AWS and related cloud technologies
Define and enforce architecture standards for distributed microservices and serverless environments
Architect solutions using AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB, and more
Promote re-use through shared templates and solution components, leveraging Terraform and AWS CDK
Guide teams on AWS shared services, automated deployments, and infrastructure patterns
Identify, communicate, and mitigate risks throughout the lifecycle of cloud infrastructure solutions
Translate business, information, and technical requirements into architectural blueprints for AWS-centric solutions
Stay current on competitive insights and evolving cloud trends
Provide technical direction and leadership to engineering teams, mentoring, and reviewing as-built configurations
Lead requirements gathering and solutions analysis sessions for custom software and data pipeline projects
Guide in building and maintaining microservices, serverless APIs, and data science workflows using AWS

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in technology roles
3+ years in cloud architecture (AWS required, Azure or GCP a plus)
Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline
Deep expertise in AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Glue, Athena, Kinesis Firehose, EventBridge, CloudFormation, CDK, CodePipeline, CloudWatch, SNS, CloudTrail
Experience with containerization and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, Helm
Familiarity with data science workflows: SageMaker, Glue ETL, Athena, QuickSight
Knowledge of analytics platforms: Tableau, QuickSight
Experience with infrastructure-as-code: Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation
Understanding of security and compliance for PII and HIPAA data
Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting in AWS environments
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Additional certifications preferred: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
wellness plans
parental leave
adoption assistance
tuition reimbursement
Paid Time Off and paid holidays
401(k) plan with company match
employee stock purchase plan
commuter benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSLambdaAPI GatewayStep FunctionsSageMakerRDSDynamoDBTerraformCloudFormationKubernetes

Soft Skills

technical directionleadershipmentoringcommunicationrisk mitigationrequirements gatheringsolutions analysis

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – ProfessionalAWS Certified DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalHashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate