[Remote] Cloud Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elios is a cloud-first managed services and consulting firm, an AWS Premier partner specializing in commercial cloud projects. They are hiring a Cloud Engineer to design, build, and optimize AWS infrastructure for customer-facing delivery projects, ensuring technical quality and efficiency.ResponsibilitiesDesign, implement, and optimize AWS cloud infrastructure that maps to real customer business objectivesStand up VPC resources (subnets, network ACLs, security groups) and create IAM users, roles, and policies on least-privilege principlesWrite Infrastructure-as-Code in Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK to keep environments repeatable and sustainableBuild CI/CD pipelines, and deploy, test, and document dev, pre-production, and production environmentsCreate gold images and AMIs, configure auto scaling groups, and set up MFA across virtual and hardware devicesUse resource tagging and cost analysis to configure infrastructure for both technical performance and budget efficiencyExecute migration plans, including VM migrations with tools like AWS MGN, VMware HCX, Veeam, and Clumio, then confirm the move and decommission on-prem resourcesAdvise developers on AWS architecture and design tenets, and meet with the team daily to track progress and hold each other accountable on implementation approachSkills3+ years of DevOps or SRE experience in AWS environments or supporting software development teams, including at least one year each of: developing AWS cloud infrastructure, Terraform, building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, Azure DevOps), and creating automated alerts and monitoring dashboardsStrong working knowledge of leading AWS cloud security practicesProficient with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and configuration management tooling such as Ansible, Chef, or PuppetComfortable in at least one programming or scripting language (Python, Java, or Groovy)Working knowledge of both Agile and Waterfall SDLC methodologiesAble to support multiple clients in parallel, with sharp attention to detail and strong communication and time managementTerraform Enterprise or Terraform Cloud, and broader HashiCorp tooling (Vault, Consul, Boundary)Container development and orchestration with Kubernetes, Docker, or AWS EKSStatic and dynamic code analysis inside CI/CD pipelines, plus observability tools like AWS X-Ray, AppDynamics, or DynatraceAWS Associate certifications (Developer, SysOps Administrator, or Solutions Architect) or HashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateCompany OverviewElios deploys AI specialists at the speed your business demands. AI Deployment Engineers. AI Deployment Strategists. Data Engineers. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Houston, Texas, US, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.eliosai.com.