AWS Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer – AWS & Automation

Remote

6 months contract

Job Requirements Document

Position Overview

Field

Details

Title

Cloud Engineer – AWS

Level

Mid-Level

Experience

3–5 years Cloud Engineering, 2+ years AWS

Education

Bachelor's in CS/IT or related field

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Associate (preferred)

Technical Requirements

AWS Networking

General understanding of VPC architecture, subnets, route tables, and internet/NAT gateways

Familiarity with Transit Gateway connectivity and multi-account networking patterns

Understanding of NACLs and Security Groups and how they interact at different layers

Experience with DNS resolution (Route 53) in multi-account environments

IAM & Identity Management

IAM policy authoring (JSON), permission boundaries, and cross-account role assumption

Understanding of how IAM policies, SCPs, and permission boundaries interact and evaluate

Experience with federated access patterns and temporary credentials (STS)

SSO Technologies

Prior experience with SSO technologies (SAML, OIDC)

Familiarity with AWS IAM Identity Center configuration and assignment

Understanding of external IdP integration patterns

Service Control Policies (SCPs)

Author and manage SCPs across AWS Organizations (deny-list/allow-list strategies)

Implement region restrictions, service restrictions, root lockdown, and encryption enforcement

Understand SCP inheritance, limitations, and testing without production disruption

Account Factory for Terraform (AFT)