Cloud Engineer
ASCENDING Inc.
AWSCloudKubernetesMicroservicesTerraform
Principal AWS AI Cloud Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $144,410 - $195,378 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSCloudDockerDynamoDBEC2KubernetesLinuxPython
About the role
- Lead the architecture, implementation, and optimization of AWS infrastructure to support innovative AI workloads
- Collaborate with data scientists, security teams, and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable cloud environments using best-practice DevSecOps methodologies
- Drive cost optimization, security compliance, and operational excellence through automation, mentoring junior engineers, and fostering innovation in a small, agile team
- Utilize AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, OpenSearch, ECR, DynamoDB, RDS, VPC), CloudFormation, Linux, Bash/Python scripting, Docker, Kubernetes, and Git
Requirements
- 8+ years of related experience
- Advanced proficiency in Linux OS, Bash/Python scripting, CloudFormation, networking, automation, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Extensive experience with AWS services including IAM, S3, Route53, EC2, ECS, EKS, ECR, Lambda, Bedrock, SageMaker, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, RDS, and VPC
- Proven leadership in small, agile teams using Kanban and Agile methodologies
- Expertise in designing IAM policies, and security groups
- Experience with cost optimization (e.g., rightsizing resources, automating shutdowns)
- Ability to create and standardize Confluence documentation, including architecture diagrams using Draw.io or Visio
- Strong communication skills for mentoring and collaborating with data scientists and security teams
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional) highly desired
- US Citizenship required
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay and paid time off
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Family Leave program providing a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave
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Hard skills
AWS infrastructureDevSecOpsLinux OSBash scriptingPython scriptingCloudFormationDockerKubernetesIAM policiescost optimization
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationinnovationagile methodologiesorganizational skillsproblem-solvingteamworkadaptability
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect ProfessionalAWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
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