AWS Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

Brightline Interactive is seeking an experienced Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure in AWS.

This role is technical and delivery-focused, requiring deep knowledge of cloud-native services, infrastructure as code (IaC), Kubernetes at scale, and secure architectural practices. Experience with AWS GovCloud (IL4 / IL5) is a strong differentiator.

The ideal candidate will have a proven history of building, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure, not just designing in theory. You must be proficient in automating cloud environments using tools such as Terraform, Packer, and Ansible, and be capable of integrating and managing CI / CD pipelines within AWS. A strong emphasis on AWS security best practices and zero trust architecture is essential.

Technology Capabilities and Experience :

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, including deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of production cloud infrastructure.
• Deep expertise with AWS core services, including but not limited to : EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Route 53, ELB, Auto Scaling, EBS, EFS, Lambda, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, SNS / SQS.
• Proven ability to design and manage secure, multi-tier VPC architectures, including site-to-site VPNs, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, private / public subnet strategies, and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Strong understanding of network topologies and routing within AWS VPCs
• Strong implementation experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Packer and Ansible, with a focus on reusable, modular, and version-controlled automation.
• Direct experience deploying and operating Kubernetes clusters in AWS (Amazon EKS) at scale, including configuration of node groups, autoscaling, network policies, ingress controllers, and secrets management.
• Strong understanding of containerization, Docker, and container security concepts.
• Proficient in integrating and maintaining CI / CD pipelines using GitLab CI and FluxCD.
• Expert knowledge of IAM design and governance, including creation and management of custom roles, policies, permission boundaries, cross-account roles, OIDC / SAML

SSO integrations, and service-linked roles.

Preferred Qualifications :

What We Value :

This is an exceptional opportunity to take on a transformative role, where youll influence the future of spatial computing technology by setting standards, inspiring a talented team, and directly contributing to the development of industry-leading software solutions. Join us to lead, innovate, and shape the future of immersive and interactive technology!

This position requires the candidate to be a U.S. citizen.