Our client
Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
responsible for designing and implementing scalable cloud infrastructure, modernizing microservices, and driving automation and observability across AWS environments. (Hybrid- Toronto 3 days/wk)
Must Have Skills
Strong experience with AWS Cloud services (ECS, EC2, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, S3, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, OpenSearch)
Expertise in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
Strong experience with Spring Boot and Microservices architecture
Hands-on experience with containerization and deployments (Docker, ECS)
Experience implementing monitoring and observability using Prometheus and Grafana
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar)
Nice to Have Skills
Experience with CloudFormation
Experience with AWS cloud migration strategies
Knowledge of cloud security and networking best practices
Experience with cost optimization strategies in cloud environments
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Responsibilities
Design and execute cloud migration strategies to AWS
Develop and maintain Terraform scripts for infrastructure provisioning and management
Modernize and deploy Spring Boot microservices on AWS infrastructure
Implement scalable and secure cloud architecture using AWS services
Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch
Build automation for CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
Optimize application performance, availability, and disaster recovery strategies
Collaborate with DevOps, cloud, and development teams to support deployments and integrations
Troubleshoot infrastructure and application performance issues in cloud environments
Additional Information
Cloud Platform: AWS
Infrastructure: ECS, EC2, Auto Scaling Groups
Data \& Messaging Services: DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, S3
Search \& Logging: OpenSearch, CloudWatch
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (CloudFormation as plus)
Containerization: Docker with ECS deployments
Monitoring \& Observability: Prometheus, Grafana
CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD or similar
Development Methodology: Agile / Scrum
Focus Areas: Cloud migration, microservices modernization, automation, and reliability engineering