Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Solvd, Inc. is a rapidly growing AI-native consulting and technology services firm delivering enterprise transformation across cloud, data, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. They are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design and implement AWS cloud solutions, support clients through their cloud journey, and ensure the delivery of high-quality, secure cloud environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead migration of existing CloudFormation IaC to TypeScript (AWS CDK)
- Establish IaC patterns, module structure, testing strategy, and code review standards for the new toolchain
- Build CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) for automated validation, plan/diff review, and safe deployment of infrastructure changes
- Design and implement scalable, secure AWS architectures based on client requirements
- Assess current-state environments and propose effective migration and modernization strategies
- Build patterns and frameworks to support repeatable, high-quality delivery
- Lead implementation of AWS services including compute, networking, storage, IAM, databases, and serverless
- Troubleshoot issues during delivery and guide teams in operational best practices
- Ensure performance, reliability, and security across deployed solutions, including multi-region and disaster recovery considerations
- Plan and facilitate gameday exercises to validate failover behavior, runbooks, and team readiness
- Design and execute fault injection experiments using AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) to verify recovery objectives under realistic failure conditions
- Capture findings, drive remediation of gaps uncovered during testing, and iterate on experiment coverage over time
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and validate solution designs
- Act as a trusted advisor on cloud strategy and modernization options
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Mentor team members and contribute to internal learning initiatives
- Develop documentation, reusable assets, templates, and best practices for future projects
- Promote continuous improvement within Solvd's Cloud Engineering practice
Skills
- 5 or more years of experience in cloud architecture and implementation
- Strong TypeScript proficiency, including typing, project structure, and testing (Jest or similar)
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code at scale (CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Experience migrating or refactoring legacy IaC (especially CloudFormation, to CDK or Terraform
- Advanced TypeScript experience, such as authoring reusable CDK constructs, publishing internal packages, or maintaining shared TypeScript libraries
- Hands-on experience across AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS/Aurora, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and CloudFormation
- Experience with CI/CD for infrastructure, particularly GitHub Actions
- Familiarity with multi-region architectures, failover mechanics, and RPO/RTO tradeoffs
- Experience with chaos engineering or resilience testing, ideally using AWS FIS, and running gameday or DR drill exercises
- AWS professional certifications such as Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional
- Understanding of security and compliance requirements in regulated environments, including PCI-DSS
- Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively engage both business and technical stakeholders
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