Specialist AWS Cloud Engineer

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Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

The Senior AWS Cloud Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable AWS cloud infrastructure. This hands‑on role requires deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Ia
C), automation, cloud networking, and security. You will write and maintain Terraform, Cloud
Formation, and CI/CD pipelines to streamline cloud deployments.

Roles & Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure Design & Implementation
  • Architect, implement, and manage highly available AWS cloud environments.
  • Design VPCs, subnets, security groups, and IAM policies to enforce security best practices.
  • Optimize AWS costs using reserved instances, savings plans, and auto‑scaling.
• Infrastructure as Code (Ia
  C) & Automation
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance Terraform & Cloud
    Formation templates for cloud provisioning.
  • Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring using AWS‑native tools & scripting.
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.
• Cloud Security & Compliance
  • Enforce best practices in IAM, encryption, and network security.
  • Ensure compliance with SOC2, ISO27001, and NIST standards.
  • Implement AWS Security Hub, Guard
    Duty, and WAF for threat detection and response.
• Monitoring & Performance Optimization
  • Set up AWS Cloud
    Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, and logging solutions for proactive monitoring.
  • Implement autoscaling, load balancing, and caching strategies for performance optimization.
  • Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues and conduct root cause analysis.
• Collaboration & Dev
  Ops Practices
  • Work closely with software engineers, SREs, and Dev
    Ops teams to support deployments.
  • Maintain Git
    Ops best practices for cloud infrastructure versioning.
  • Support on‑call for high‑priority cloud incidents.

What We Expect Of You

Basic Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field with 8‑12 years of hands‑on cloud experience.

Functional Skills

Must‑Have Skills

• Deep hands‑on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, etc. ).
• Expertise in Terraform & Cloud
  Formation for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPN, Route 53).
• Experience with Linux administration, scripting (Python, Bash), and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git
  Hub Actions, Code
  Pipeline, etc. ).
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills in cloud networking, storage, and security.

Good‑to‑Have Skills

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh architectures.
• Knowledge of AWS Lambda and event‑driven architectures.
• Familiarity with AWS CDK, Ansible, or Packer for cloud automation.
• Exposure to multi‑cloud environments (Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with HPC, DGX Cloud.

Professional Certifications (preferred)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• AWS Certified Dev
  Ops Engineer – Professional
• Terraform Associate Certification

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, cloud‑first environment.

What You Can Expect Of Us

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization.
• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act.
• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.