[Remote] AWS Cloud Engineer

Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ICONMA is an IT Services and Consulting company seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer for their Remote location. The role involves supporting AWS platform configuration, operations, and optimization activities as part of a Cloud Center of Excellence (COE). Responsibilities include implementing approved architectures, managing IAM roles and policies, and ensuring compliance with operational standards. Responsibilities Client is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to support AWS platform configuration, operations, and optimization activities as part of a Cloud Center of Excellence (COE) The role focuses on implementing approved architectures, operational baselines, and FinOps controls Configure and enable AWS services in alignment with COE standards Implement IAM roles, policies, and identity integrations Implement networking setup for VPCs and central connectivity Modernize AWS Control Tower account provisioning process Integrate account provisioning with ServiceNow ticketing approval Set up logging, monitoring, alerting, backup, and encryption baselines using AWS native services Provision cloud infrastructure components using approved templates Implement and deploy pre-approved IaC modules Build and manage hardened AMIs for EC2 instances (Image management) Implement and provision catalog-based services Implement logging and monitoring configurations for EC2, S3 & RDS Support implementation of monitoring and alerting baseline and Initial operational runbooks for cloud services Implement integrations between ServiceNow and AWS Identity Center (for access management) & Control Tower AFT (account provisioning automation) Support service catalog and intake workflow integrations Support SRE practices including SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets Implement FinOps practices tagging enforcement, budgets, dashboards, and cost optimization Assist with DR and resilience testing and documentation Documentation Skills AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services (EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch) Experience with monitoring, logging, backup, and security configurations Experience working to integrate account provisioning with ServiceNow Understanding of AWS cost management and FinOps practices Strong troubleshooting and operational support skills Prior experience in documenting on Confluence Good communication and client stakeholder management skillset 5–8 years of experience in cloud or infrastructure engineering 5+ years of hands-on experience as AWS Cloud Engineer 10.00 Years of Experience AWS CloudWatch ServiceNow Integration AWS SysOps AWS EC2 AWS ECS AWS Control tower AWS VPC AWS Cloud AWS Platform AWS - IAM AWS S3 Terraform AWS EKS AWS RDS Benefits Health Benefits Referral Program Excellent growth and advancement opportunities Company Overview ICONMA Your Partner in Global Staffing Solutions and Digital Transformation ICONMA is a globally recognized, Woman-Owned staff augmentation and technology consulting firm. It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in Troy, MI, US, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http//www.iconma.com.

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