Cloud Engineer, Infrastructure

Bright Vision Technologies is a leading technology consulting and software development firm dedicated to delivering innovative cloud, artificial intelligence, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. With a strong emphasis on leveraging cutting-edge technologies, the company provides tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of its diverse client base. Bright Vision Technologies prides itself on fostering a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that encourages continuous learning and professional growth.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer specializing in AWS to join our team remotely. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, secure, and highly available cloud platforms on Amazon Web Services. This position requires a hands-on approach, encompassing architecture, infrastructure-as-code, automation, security, observability, and continuous operational improvements for mission-critical workloads. The successful candidate will possess a deep understanding of AWS services, strong DevOps fundamentals, and a pragmatic, cost-aware mindset. You will collaborate closely with application, security, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to deliver resilient, scalable, and cloud-native solutions that support the company's growth and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum of 6 years of cloud engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on AWS in production environments
• Hands-on experience with AWS core services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, and CloudFormation
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
• Experience designing and managing Amazon EKS or ECS clusters at scale
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash; familiarity with Go or PowerShell is a plus
• Deep understanding of cloud security, IAM policies, encryption, key management, and compliance standards
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, and alerting in cloud-native environments
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade AWS environments covering compute, networking, storage, identity, and managed data services with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and security
• Develop and maintain production-quality infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK, ensuring rigorous version control, peer review, and automated validation
• Design multi-account AWS organizations, including landing zones, service control policies, centralized logging, and shared services to support secure enterprise adoption
• Build secure VPC architectures, including subnetting, route tables, transit gateways, VPN, and Direct Connect integrations to meet connectivity and isolation requirements
• Implement robust IAM strategies utilizing roles, permission boundaries, SCPs, AWS SSO, and short-lived credentials to enforce the principle of least privilege
• Deploy and operate Amazon EKS clusters and container platforms such as ECS and Fargate, including auto-scaling, networking, and integration with service meshes and observability tools
• Manage AWS data and analytics services like RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, Redshift, Glue, and Kinesis, optimizing performance and SLA adherence
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI to enable repeatable and auditable deployments
• Implement comprehensive observability solutions using CloudWatch, X-Ray, AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and other third-party tools, including dashboards and alerting systems
• Lead ongoing cost optimization efforts through right-sizing, savings plans, reserved instances, lifecycle policies, and architectural simplification, tracking savings over time
• Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans, including cross-region replication, automated backups, failover testing, and detailed runbooks
• Enhance security posture by leveraging AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Macie, Inspector, Config, and CloudTrail; collaborate with security teams to remediate findings
• Advise application teams on AWS-native design patterns, anti-patterns, and optimal service selections for various workloads
• Develop automation scripts and operational tools in Python, Bash, and Go to streamline workflows and incident response
• Mentor junior engineers, lead architecture reviews, and contribute thought leadership to the broader cloud community within the organization

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $100,000 to $150,000 annually
• 100% remote work environment within the United States
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Paid time off and holidays
• Professional development opportunities and training programs
• Flexible work hours to promote work-life balance
• Collaborative and innovative work culture
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies and large-scale enterprise solutions