Job Title: Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer AWS Certification (Must Have) Location: 100% Remote Occasional travel to Princeton, NJ (every 3 6 months if needed) East Coast candidates only Duration: Full-Time Permanent Salary: $Market/Annum + Benefits Eligibility: Open to US Citizens, Green Card Holders (No C2C / No Third Parties) Certification Required: AWS Certified (DevOps Engineer Associate or Solutions Architect Associate) Role Summary: This is a hands-on Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer position focused on building, automating, and modernizing AWS cloud infrastructure. Initially, the work is heavily centered on DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, AWS operations, and deployment automation, with a path toward broader Platform Engineering capabilities (Internal Developer Platforms, self-service tooling, developer enablement). Key Focus Areas: • AWS cloud infrastructure design and operations • DevOps and CI/CD automation • Infrastructure as Code using Terraform • Containerization and orchestration with ECS/Fargate • Platform reliability, security, and observability • Application modernization (On-Prem AWS) Required Technical Skills: • AWS: EC2, ECS, ECR, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch • Containers: Docker • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform • Source Control / CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions • Programming: Python preferred • Monitoring/Logging: CloudWatch, Datadog Core Responsibilities: • Conduct architecture and deployment readiness reviews • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines • Automate application deployments in AWS • Deploy/manage workloads on AWS ECS Fargate • Provision and monitor AWS infrastructure • Maintain Terraform-based infrastructure • Perform code reviews and enforce engineering standards • Implement security and compliance controls • Troubleshoot incidents and perform root cause analysis • Support application modernization initiatives Ideal Candidate Profile: • 4+ years as DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer / Cloud Engineer • Strong AWS production experience • Experience collaborating with application, infrastructure, security, and business teams • Comfortable with incident response and production support • Experience building scalable, repeatable deployment pipelines