Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer

About the Team & Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated AWS Cloud Engineer with a strong development background to join our dynamic engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure solutions on the AWS platform, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and cutting-edge technologies. The AWS Cloud Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving our cloud initiatives, ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of our AWS cloud environments.

How you'll make an impact

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Build and maintain reusable, well-documented Terraform modules to manage cloud infrastructure across multiple environments with consistency and traceability.

• Cloud Automation: Write Python-based automation to orchestrate cloud operations, streamline provisioning, and reduce manual toil.

• Cloud Architecture: Design and implement resilient, secure, and scalable AWS environments using native services and modern architectural principles.

• Full-Stack Cloud Engineering: Go beyond provisioning—design, develop, and maintain applications running in the cloud using Python or Go, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven design, and microservices.

• AI/ML Tooling: Leverage modern AI/ML frameworks and tools such as AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, LangChain, Crew, or OpenAI APIs to build intelligent cloud-native applications and agent-driven workflows.

• Security and Compliance: Apply least-privilege IAM policies, enforce encryption, and proactively manage vulnerabilities to align with security best practices.

• Observability: Implement logging, metrics, and tracing using tools like CloudWatch, Datadog, or Splunk to monitor health, performance, and usage trends.

• Version Control & CI/CD: Use GitHub and GitHub Actions to manage code, enforce guardrails, and automate deployments.

• Incident Response & Troubleshooting: Respond to cloud infrastructure issues quickly, conduct root cause analysis, and implement remediations.

• Disaster Recovery & Resilience: Define recovery strategies and ensure critical workloads can fail over safely.

• Collaboration: Partner with application developers, security engineers, and product owners to align infrastructure with business needs.

• Documentation: Write clear, concise runbooks, architecture diagrams, and configuration guides to support team scalability and onboarding.

Experience you'll bring 

• Proven expertise in using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Strong proficiency in Python scripting for automation and AWS cloud operations tasks.

• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems for cloud deployments.

• A minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and managing cloud infrastructure on the AWS platform.

Certifications:

• Possess the Microsoft Certified: AWS Administrator Associate certification or higher.

• Posses the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or higher

Skills:

• Deep understanding of AWS cloud architecture principles, networking concepts, and security best practices.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Self-motivated and proactive, with a passion for learning and staying up-to-date with the latest AWS cloud technologies.

 

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of advanced networking concepts and experience with AWS networking services such as VPC, VPN, and Load Balancing.

• Understanding of PKI infrastructure (certificates, encryption keys, and authentication protocols).

• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with logging and monitoring products such as Splunk and Datadog.

• Experience with AWS cloud cost optimization strategies.

The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Base pay is one component of WEX's total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan. Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan. WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurances, retirement savings plan, paid time off, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more. For more information, check out the "About Us" section.Pay Range: $135,000.00 - $180,000.00