Consulting Principal AWS Cloud Engineer

Our client is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.

They help lawyers win cases, manage their work more efficiently, serve their clients better and grow their practices. They assist corporations in better understanding their markets, monitoring their brands and competition, and in mitigating business risk. They collaborate with universities to educate students, and support nation-building with governments and courts by making laws accessible and strengthening legal infrastructures. They partner with leading global associations and customers to collect evidence against war criminals and provide tools to combat human trafficking.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated ability to drive cultural change and advocate for cloud transformation Key Responsibilities Cloud Strategy & Leadership 
• Develop and implement a comprehensive AWS cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business and technology goals. 
• Provide technical leadership and advocacy, championing cloud-native best practices and innovation. 
• Lead and drive architectural decisions, ensuring scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Cloud Architecture & Design 
• Architect secure, scalable, and highly available AWS cloud environments. 
• Develop and maintain enterprise-wide cloud blueprints, patterns, and frameworks to drive consistency. 
• Research and integrate emerging cloud technologies to foster continuous innovation. Infrastructure as Code & Automation 
• Lead adoption and implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Helm. 
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines to streamline cloud deployments and operations. 
• Implement self-healing and automated failover mechanisms to enhance resilience and reliability.
• Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Technologies 
• Manage and optimize Kubernetes clusters (EKS, Helm, IAM) for scalability and security. 
• Define and enforce best practices for containerized applications and orchestration. 
• Improve Kubernetes networking, ingress, and observability solutions to enhance performance. Security & Compliance 
• Establish and enforce security best practices for AWS environments, including IAM, WAF, Secret Manager, and encryption. 
• Implement zero-trust security models and secure multi-account AWS environments. 
• Conduct security audits, incident response, and ensure compliance with industry standards. Monitoring, Logging & Reliability Engineering.
• Deploy and manage monitoring tools (DataDog, Splunk, CloudWatch, Coralogix) to ensure visibility and observability. 
• Implement SRE principles to enhance system uptime, reliability, and efficiency. 
• Conduct post-mortem analysis and drive continuous improvements in cloud performance. Collaboration & Thought Leadership 
• Work closely with software developers, system engineers, and security teams to design and implement cloud solutions. 
• Provide mentorship, training, and technical leadership to engineering teams. 

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5+ years in AWS cloud engineering and architecture.
• Deep understanding of AWS services, including EC2, EKS, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM, Transit Gateway, and CloudFormation. 
• Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS, Helm, Daemon Sets, StatefulSets, Karpenter, external-dns, aws-cni). 
• Strong experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, and automation scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell). 
• Hands-on experience managing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps). 
• Proficiency in monitoring and logging tools (DataDog, Splunk, Coralogix, CloudWatch). 
• Strong networking and security knowledge (DNS, VPC, NAT, Security Groups, IAM). 
• Experience designing and developing scalable, production-grade software tools and automation scripts using Python. Preferred Certifications 
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or equivalent). 
• Additional certifications in Kubernetes (CKA), AWS Security, or DevOps are a plus. Leadership & Soft Skills 
• Proven experience leading cloud architecture and strategy initiatives. 
• Ability to mentor and guide technical teams in a fast-paced, agile environment. 
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in complex cloud environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for engineering, business, and executive stakeholders.