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AWS Engineer

This role is for an AWS Engineer in Houston, TX, with a contract length of "unknown" and a pay rate of $60-$62/hr. Requires 10+ years of experience, proficiency in AWS services, Python coding, and strong network infrastructure knowledge.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
496
🗓️ - Date discovered
February 20, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
Unknown
🏝️ - Location type
On-site
📄 - Contract type
Unknown
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
Houston, TX
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Oracle #Kubernetes #Containers #SNS (Simple Notification Service) #WAF (Web Application Firewall) #Spark (Apache Spark) #Unix #SQL Server #API (Application Programming Interface) #Cloud #Lambda (AWS Lambda) #Code Reviews #Python #EC2 #SQS (Simple Queue Service) #REST API #Documentation #Leadership #NoSQL #S3 (Amazon Simple Storage Service) #Snowflake #Storage #REST (Representational State Transfer) #Microservices #VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) #Business Analysis #IAM (Identity and Access Management) #Databases #SQL (Structured Query Language) #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Batch #Security #CLI (Command-Line Interface) #Docker #Observability #Redis #Big Data #Angular #PostgreSQL #IP (Internet Protocol)
Role description
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Pay Range:: $60/hr - $62/hr

Location: Houston, TX 77002

Local candidates or those willing to come Onsite (4 times a week)

10 Years of Experience Minimum

Primary Responsibilities:
• Contributes strategic technology vision and integrates a broad range of ideas regarding applications and software development. Presents communicates, and articulates technical processes effectively to all levels within the organization (including technical and non-technical audiences, Senior Leadership, VPs, and the C-level executives).
• Undertakes complex application development and maintenance projects involving multiple disciplines and multiple facets of the business. Implements software engineering best practices.
• Develop enterprise-level information technology solutions by analyzing, coding, testing, and implementing new and modifying existing software applications.
• Lead design/coding sessions, and develop and maintain solutions.
• Articulates design and resolves technical/design conflicts as they occur.
• Coordinates with business analysts and users to determine requirements. Performs analysis of system requirements and existing business processes.
• Works with customers and technical staff to resolve software problems and responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements.
• Reviews systems under development and related documentation. Participates in the development of software.
• Should have a Product mindset and Lead advanced systems planning, scheduling, and implementation.

Must Haves:
• All Cloud Technologies: AWS Services such as Lambda, IAM, S3, EFS, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, CLI, Kinesis, Glue, Elasticache (Redis), CloudWatch, CloudFormation, EC2
• Experience working with Databases: Oracle, SQL, Server, PostgreSQL, and NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and Dynamo DB
• Containers: Docker/Kubernetes/ECS
• Integrations: REST, API, Synch, Asynch, Realtime, Batch
• Network: VPC, Subnet, SG, IP ( CIDR )
• MUST Have an understanding of network infrastructure as this is a Senior role!
• Security: WAF, Encryption, Access Control, Identity, SSO, MFA
• Performance/reliability: Auto-scale, ASG, ALB, NLB
• Storage/Datawarehouese: EFS, S3, Snowflake, SQL
• Proficiency in Python- this person will be writing code in Python daily!
• Knowledge of enterprise coding standards
• Ability to perform code reviews
• Observability CloudWatch/CloudTrail, Event Bridge, Data Dog, or any industry standard tools

Plus:
• Experience with Big Data Technologies like Spark, Glue
• Having an idea or exposure to Spark and Glue is good!
• Good to Have- Shell (Unix) /Batch Script
• Angular, Node JS
• Knowledge of Service Oriented, Microservices, and Event-driven design patterns