AWS / Cloud engineer consultant

Title: AWS / Cloud engineer consultant

Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer (AWS) to design, build, and manage cloud-based infrastructure in support of a leading eCommerce platform. This role requires a hands-on engineer who can balance architecture with execution, ensuring that applications and services are resilient, performant, and secure . The Cloud Engineer will play a key role in supporting AI-driven user experiences, enabling secure integrations, and proactively optimizing the environment for scale and cost efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

Engineer and maintain AWS-based enterprise and eCommerce infrastructure to support business-critical operations.

Ensure the eCommerce platform is secure, highly available, and performant , acting as a guardian against outages and breaches.

Implement secure integrations and standardized environments to streamline deployments.

Support the launch and operation of AI-driven applications and infrastructure (not model development, but enablement).

Drive automation and standardization across cloud infrastructure to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.

Monitor and optimize cloud costs (FinOps) to ensure efficient use of AWS resources.

Collaborate with security, application development, and operations teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Provide hands-on troubleshooting, incident response, and root cause analysis for infrastructure issues.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer or related role managing enterprise-scale infrastructure.

• Strong expertise in AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform, etc.).

• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and environment standardization .

• Proven background in application delivery and cloud-based system operations.

• Solid understanding of cloud security principles and best practices; disaster recovery knowledge a plus.

• Experience in eCommerce or consumer products industries highly preferred but not required.

• Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure enablement is a strong plus.

• Familiarity with cloud cost optimization (FinOps) best practices preferred.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.