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We have a 6 month contract to hire opportunity for an AWS Engineer. The position is remote and the candidate can sit anywhere in the US. The focus of this role is for candidates who have the following AWS tools list below. AWS experience with Application patching for AWS, AWS Vulnerabilities with EKS, Lambdas, applications, EC2, IAM, understanding CVE's etc. AWS accounts need software upgrade to add new features, improving performance and user experience, fix bugs, and while ensuring compatibility with other systems. Additionally, it will enhance security and help to reduce known vulnerabilities. The resource will execute the upgrade, testing and production release and work with VRM team to close the vulnerabilities and applications. We are seeking an AWS Engineer with strong Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience to support a large-scale cloud security remediation and modernization effort across a production AWS environment. This role will focus on identifying, analyzing, and remediating vulnerabilities across AWS services and containerized workloads, while also helping modernize legacy infrastructure configurations.
Job Responsibility:
Identify and remediate AWS vulnerabilities and configuration issues across services such as EKS, EC2, Lambda, IAM, and application workloads
Analyze and resolve CVE-driven vulnerabilities, ensuring infrastructure and applications meet security compliance standards
Work with the Vulnerability Risk Management (VRM) team to validate remediation efforts and close security findings
Review findings from Wiz cloud security scanning, determine legitimate vulnerabilities versus false positives, and implement corrective actions
Execute AWS software upgrades and patching efforts across multiple AWS services and application environments
Improve platform performance, stability, and security posture through infrastructure upgrades and configuration updates
Ensure upgrades maintain compatibility with existing systems, services, and integrations
Support upgrade testing, validation, and production release processes
Maintain awareness of Kubernetes and containerized environments running on AWS EKS
Identify vulnerabilities and dependency issues impacting container workloads and assist with remediation planning
Understand container dependencies, upgrade requirements, and security implications within Kubernetes-based environments
Review and maintain infrastructure defined in CloudFormation templates, understanding legacy deployments and configurations
Support the migration of infrastructure from CloudFormation to Terraform as part of modernization initiatives
Ensure infrastructure deployments follow secure and scalable architecture standards
Work with GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines to implement infrastructure updates and vulnerability remediation changes
Utilize AWS CLI, scripting, and automation tools to streamline remediation and deployment activities
Partner with security, platform engineering, networking, and application teams to coordinate remediation efforts
Participate in troubleshooting and remediation of issues affecting the production AWS environment
Assist in managing and prioritizing a large backlog of vulnerability remediation items (potentially 4,000+ findings)
Requirements:
Strong AWS engineering or SRE background supporting production cloud environments
Experience identifying and remediating cloud vulnerabilities and CVEs