AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

• Engagement:

Fractional/hourly. Project-by-project. No retainer. Each engagement has a defined start date, end date, and scope.
- Location:

Remote — Africa or Asia preferred
- Certification:

AWS certification preferred. Equivalent hands-on experience considered.

ABOUT THE ROLE::

We are recruiting for a project with one of our US-based clients which is a startup U.S.-based software company. We are looking for a reliable AWS infrastructure engineer to engage on a project basis.

You will work alongside a distributed engineering team. A software development background is not required. What matters is that you know AWS well, can assess a requirement, choose the right services, and follow the latest architecture and engineering standards and best practices to deliver independently.

WHAT YOU WILL DO::

Infrastructure

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Select and deploy the appropriate AWS services given a technical requirement

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Work with: EC2, Amplify, CloudFront, DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway, Route 53, WAF, KMS, Secrets Manager, CodePipeline, etc.

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Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or AWS CDK

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Configure autoscaling and performance tuning as needed

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Utilize CloudFlare and Route53 DNS services as needed for non-prod and prod environments

Monitoring & Cost

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Set up and improve CloudWatch dashboards, alarms, and log groups

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Build alerting that routes incidents to the right person

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Find and fix infrastructure cost inefficiencies; document what you changed and why

CI/CD

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Build and maintain deployment pipelines using CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or equivalent

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Support zero-downtime deployments and rollback strategies across Dev, QA, Demo, and Production

Security

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Apply IAM least-privilege, RBAC, and WAF policies

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Manage encryption at rest and in transit via KMS and Secrets Manager

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Support basic PCI-relevant controls for payment processing infrastructure

Documentation

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Document all infrastructure changes clearly so the team can follow what was done and why

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Participate in async communication and occasional scheduled calls

REQUIRED::

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3+ years in an AWS infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE role

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Hands-on experience with EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS

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Infrastructure as Code — Terraform or AWS CDK (must be demonstrable with recent work)

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CI/CD pipeline setup and maintenance, including Docker-based deployment workflows

•   Docker — understanding of containerized deployments is required, not optional

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Python or Bash scripting for automation tasks

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Linux administration

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Ability to work independently without step-by-step direction

PREFERRED::

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AWS certification — Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer, Associate or Professional

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Experience with Cloudflare DNS and WAF

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Experience supporting fintech platforms

HOW TO APPLY::

Submit your resume here or send to recruitment (at) trustmarq dot com