AWS Infrastructure Automation Engineer
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Automation Engineer to join a Cloud Infrastructure & Engineering team focused on automating AWS infrastructure, networking, and security functions. This is an engineering-focused Infrastructure/Network Automation role requiring strong Python development, AWS networking, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and AWS-native automation experience. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable automation solutions for AWS infrastructure and network environments. This is not a traditional DevOps, Cloud Administrator, Application Developer, or GenAI Engineer position.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and enhance AWS infrastructure automation frameworks and reusable automation solutions
- Build Python-based automation for AWS infrastructure, networking, and security operations
- Automate provisioning and management of AWS networking resources and configurations
- Automate VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs, and other network security controls
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions using AWS CloudFormation
- Automate cloud network provisioning, security controls, routing, and configuration management
- Maintain and enhance existing production automation platforms and scripts
- Develop solutions for network security automation and network monitoring/enrichment
- Support automation for deployment of new AWS networking services
- Leverage AWS-native services to build event-driven and scalable automation solutions
- Collaborate with Infrastructure, Architecture, Cybersecurity, Information Security, and engineering teams
- Work within an Agile, sprint-based development environment
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of overall IT/software engineering experience
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure and cloud automation
- Strong Python development experience — mandatory
- Significant experience automating infrastructure rather than simply administering AWS through the console
- Strong understanding of AWS networking and network security
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Strong experience with AWS CloudFormation
- Experience developing scalable, reusable automation frameworks and scripts
- Strong engineering and problem-solving mindset
Why Join Us?
You will have the opportunity to work on high-impact cloud data initiatives supporting enterprise risk and analytics with one of world class fortune 500 companies. This role offers exposure to modern AWS technologies, complex data challenges, AI-enabled automation, and cross-functional collaboration within a major financial services environment.