AWS Platform Engineer – SRE (EKS, Terraform, Python)

About the role

We are seeking an experienced AWS Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer to join our client's platform team in Las Vegas, NV. This role blends release engineering, observability, and cloud infrastructure automation across a large AWS estate, with hands-on responsibility for EKS, networking, security, and monitoring tooling including Kibana, Dynatrace, and Apigee. This is an onsite role, Monday through Friday, in Las Vegas, NV. Long-term engagement; FTE or contract.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate core AWS infrastructure: VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Route 53, backups, EKS, SSO, MSK, Security Hub, GuardDuty, and related security/compliance tooling.
• Design and troubleshoot advanced cloud networking, including AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) and Direct Connect setup and hybrid connectivity.
• Own observability and monitoring across Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry (OTEL), including proactive alerting and telemetry configuration.
• Automate end to end with Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and shell scripting.
• Operate Kubernetes (EKS) and Istio service mesh for traffic management, security, and observability.
• Drive patching and vulnerability remediation across cloud-native and containerized environments in line with compliance requirements.
• Develop Python tooling for automation, scripting, and infrastructure operations.
• Support release engineering and monitoring workflows across Kibana, Dynatrace, and Apigee.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years of relevant platform, SRE, or cloud infrastructure experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with core AWS services listed above.
• Advanced networking knowledge, including Transit Gateway and Direct Connect.
• Proficiency with Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and shell scripting.
• Solid working knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS and Istio.
• Hands-on Python development for automation and infrastructure tooling.
• Experience with patching and vulnerability remediation in containerized environments.
• Problem-solving mindset and the ability to work effectively in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments.

Skills

• AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Route 53, EKS, SSO, MSK, Security Hub, GuardDuty)
• Kubernetes/EKS
• Istio
• Transit Gateway
• Direct Connect
• Terraform
• GitLab CI/CD
• Python
• Shell
• CloudWatch
• Grafana
• OpenTelemetry
• Kibana
• Dynatrace
• Apigee

Applicants will be asked to provide years of experience and a self-rating (1–10) for each of the following:

• AWS infrastructure
• Kubernetes / EKS
• Networking and security
• Terraform
• Python development for scripting, automation, and infrastructure tooling
• AWS services: VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Route 53, backups, EKS, SSO, MSK, Security Hub, GuardDuty and related security/compliance tooling
• Release engineering and monitoring (Kibana, Dynatrace, Apigee)