Required Skills: Amazon Web Services
Job Description
Title: AWS Developer
Phone/Skype Hire. Initial remote
Location: Remote
Duration: 12+ months
Responsibilities
The AWS Developer / Administrator will provide technical expertise for the design, development, deployment, administration, and support of Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments. This role works closely with cloud engineering, application development, security, and operations teams to deliver secure, resilient, and scalable cloud solutions.
The candidate will support AWS infrastructure, application services, integrations, and automation efforts, while ensuring operational stability, performance, and compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.
Major responsibilities of this position include the following:
Design, deploy, and administer AWS environments following best practices
Support AWS account structure, IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access
Develop and maintain solutions using AWS services including (but not limited to):
Amazon EC2, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing
Amazon VPC, subnets, routing, and security controls
Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, and data lifecycle policies
AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and serverless architectures
Amazon CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config
Develop and support Amazon Connect contact center environments, including: Contact flows, queues, routing profiles, and prompts
Integrations with AWS Lambda, APIs, and external systems
Call recording, analytics, and troubleshooting
Design and integrate AI-enabled solutions using Amazon Bedrock where applicable
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation, Terraform, or equivalent tools
Monitor system performance, availability, and cost optimization opportunities
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues
Support CI/CD pipelines and automation workflows
Collaborate with security teams to implement encryption, logging, monitoring, and compliance controls
Maintain documentation, runbooks, and architectural diagrams
Provide knowledge transfer and mentoring to team members
Participate in scheduled maintenance, upgrades, and after-hours support as required
Skills Needed
6+ years of experience supporting enterprise systems
3+ years of hands-on AWS experience in development or administration
3+ years of experience with AWS core services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and Lambda)
3+ years of experience with Amazon Connect and/or contact center technologies
3+ years of experience integrating APIs, serverless functions, and cloud-native services
3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation
3+ years of experience with security best practices, logging, and monitoring in AWS
3+ years of experience with scripting (Python, Bash, or equivalent)
Experience with AI/ML integrations and prompt engineering
Experience with hybrid cloud or third-party integrations
Experience with cost optimization and FinOps
Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services and Hybrid Cloud Architectures
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional OR AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305) preferred