Best NanoTech · 5 hours ago
AWS Cloud Engineer
Dallas, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$90/hr - $95/hr
15+ years expBest NanoTech is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and secure AWS cloud platform components. The role involves building infrastructure-as-code, implementing security controls, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while delivering production-ready solutions independently.
Staffing & Recruiting
Hiring Manager
Neeraj Rathi
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and harden AWS cloud platform components (VPC, IAM, EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, KMS, Secrets Manager)
Build enterprise‑grade infrastructure-as-code, preferably using AWS CDK; Terraform acceptable as secondary
Contribute to scalable, reusable cloud frameworks enabling multi-team adoption (“MAP multiplier”)
Implement bank‑grade security controls, including access boundaries, encryption standards, IAM guardrails, logging/detection, key policies, and network isolation
Work directly with security engineering to ensure compliance with Client’s highly regulated environment
Stand up multi-account landing zone components and deploy secure cloud environments across Prod/Non‑Prod/Dev/Test/DR
Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub/GitLab/Jenkins/Argo)
Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, network, security, and application deployment issues
Deliver production-ready solutions without handholding, making independent decisions that balance performance, security, and resiliency
Produce clear documentation, architectural diagrams, and runbooks for consumption across the firm
Qualification
Required
15+ years total engineering experience; 8–10+ years deep AWS hands‑on
Expert in AWS core services: IAM, KMS, VPC, EC2, S3, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Lambda, ECS/EKS, SQS/SNS
Strong experience with AWS CDK; or at minimum, strong Terraform + readiness to transition to CDK
Proven ability to operate in heavily regulated environments where auditability, identity control, and encryption are mandatory
Advanced knowledge of: IAM permission boundaries, SCPs, key policies, Private networking, VPC endpoints, SG design, Logging/detection systems, Multi-region HA/DR architectures
Experience deploying large-scale platforms used by multiple teams
Proficient in at least one coding/scripting language (Python, TypeScript, Go)
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), container orchestration, and microservices platforms
Strong ability to work onsite and collaborate in fast-paced engineering environments
Must Have CDK Pipelines, cross-account deployment patterns
Preferred
AI/ML pipeline or SageMaker experience
Financial services experience
Monitoring/observability (Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch)
Experience writing security automation or compliance-as-code
Company
Best NanoTech
ABOUT BEST NANOTECH CEOs and CTOs in semiconductor, IT and energy sectors face identical challenges: engineering talent is fragmented, hard to find, harder to retain.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase