Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS

The Hartford

Senior Cloud Engineer developing infrastructure patterns in AWS with a focus on application migrations. Mentoring teams and leading projects in a hybrid work environment.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeCharlotte • Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,200 - $205,800 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformPostgresPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead projects in AWS and GCP and break down work for engineers
Identify, drive and lead in the implementation of products and reference implementations to standardize how we deploy applications in AWS and GCP
Designs reusable architectures and services that can be leveraged by agile teams to improve development velocity
Knows how applications should be engineered by following fault tolerate best practices, with proper data replications and multi region support
Develops applications in Python to support automating manual processes and repeatable decision making
Develops Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation templates, YAML files, build specifications, and Python Lambda functions to have a completely automated build and release process for all AWS resource infrastructure and code artifacts
Highly knowledgeable of Amazon Web Services including but not limited to ECS, RDS Aurora Postgres, Lambda, CloudWatch, EKS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, EventBridge
Ability to design systems and implement new software architecture patterns
Mentor Cloud Engineers and Software Engineers
Troubleshoot problems with software and infrastructure
Automating disaster recovery, high availability, and fault tolerance
Present new ideas to leadership and present on topics to improve the learning of others
Communicate clearly and professionally both in speech and in writing

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Math, or any Engineering
2+ years Python experience
1+ years Infrastructure as Code experience, like Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK
4 + years software development experience
Great oral and written communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Other rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses
long-term incentives
on-the-spot recognition

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCloudFormationYAMLAWSGCPECSRDS Aurora PostgresLambda

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationtroubleshootingpresentationcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizationalinterpersonalagile