AWS Cloud Engineer (Migration Specialist)
Boston, New York, United States of America
Contract
1 month ago
Key skills
PythonJavaETLNode.jsAWSTerraformKubernetesDockerCloudFormationEC2LambdaS3RDSIAMCI/CDCommunicationCloud Security
About this role
Hiring: AWS Cloud Engineer (Migration Specialist)
Boston, MA | Contract / Long-Term
We are actively looking for an AWS Cloud Engineer with strong development experience and proven expertise in large-scale cloud migrations.
If you ve successfully moved complex, enterprise-grade systems to the cloud and enjoy solving real-world scalability challenges this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and execute large-scale application and infrastructure migrations to AWS
- Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud architectures
- Work closely with development teams to modernize applications (re-architecture, re-platforming)
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks
- Optimize cloud environments for performance, reliability, and cost
- Troubleshoot complex cloud and application issues
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation)
- Solid development background (Python, Java, or Node.js preferred)
- Proven experience in large-scale cloud migration projects (on-prem AWS)
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- Strong understanding of microservices, containers (Docker), and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering / DevOps / software development
- Hands-on experience migrating enterprise applications and data platforms
- Strong understanding of cloud security and networking concepts
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
Nice to Have
- AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)
- Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments
- Exposure to data migration, ETL pipelines, or big data platforms