[Remote] Cloud Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gotham Technology Group is seeking a hands-on Cloud Engineer to join a Cloud Architecture team in a primarily AWS environment. The role focuses on designing, building, automating, securing, and supporting cloud-native infrastructure and applications, while collaborating across architecture, application development, security, integration, and release engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, and support AWS cloud-native solutions using services such as Lambda, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, and related AWS services
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS SAM, and CloudFormation
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using GitHub Actions
- Partner with application and integration teams to develop and support REST APIs, middleware integrations, serverless applications, containerized workloads, and web applications
- Develop automation, cloud tooling, and supporting applications using Python, Node.js, Java, and scripting languages
- Support Java/Spring Boot applications and workloads running in AWS
- Implement and troubleshoot OAuth 2.0, IAM, application-to-application authentication, secrets management, and other cloud security patterns
- Design and support cloud data solutions using RDS, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, RDS Proxy, and other AWS database services
- Implement and maintain application and infrastructure observability using Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, centralized logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
- Create reusable Terraform modules, IaC templates, automation, and deployment patterns that can be leveraged across engineering teams
- Develop and maintain AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Documents and automation workflows
- Troubleshoot issues spanning application code, AWS infrastructure, networking, IAM, databases, integrations, and deployment pipelines
- Implement solutions in accordance with established cloud architecture, security, networking, governance, and operational standards
- Support AWS account and landing-zone automation, including AWS Control Tower and AWS Organizations
- Evaluate emerging AWS services and capabilities and recommend opportunities for adoption
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the reliability, scalability, security, and operational maturity of cloud platforms and applications
Skills
- Strong hands-on experience engineering and supporting AWS cloud environments
- Experience with core AWS services including Lambda, ECS/Fargate, API Gateway , and other cloud-native services
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform
- Experience with AWS SAM and/or CloudFormation
- Hands-on experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines , preferably with GitHub Actions
- Development or scripting experience with Python, Node.js, Java, or similar languages
- Experience developing, integrating, or supporting REST APIs and middleware integrations
- Strong understanding of AWS IAM, cloud security, secrets management, and authentication patterns
- Practical experience implementing or troubleshooting OAuth 2.0
- Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, including RDS, PostgreSQL, or DynamoDB
- Understanding of modern cloud observability , including logs, metrics, distributed tracing, and OpenTelemetry concepts
- Strong troubleshooting skills across both application and cloud infrastructure layers
- Ability to work effectively across infrastructure, application development, security, integration, and release engineering teams
- Experience with Java and Spring Boot
- Experience with Dynatrace and OpenTelemetry
- Experience with PostgreSQL, Oracle, DynamoDB, and RDS Proxy
- Experience with AWS Systems Manager and SSM Documents
- Experience with Docker and containerized workloads
- Knowledge of AWS networking , including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and connectivity patterns
- Experience with AWS Control Tower, Organizations, and Landing Zone implementations
- Experience with GraphQL
- Experience with Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, AgentCore Gateway , or other AWS AI/ML services
- AWS certification(s)
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Contract-to-hire employment arrangement
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