Job Title: Sr. Cloud System Engineer - AWS

Primary Location: Evanston, IL Hybrid, 2 Days On-site

Position Type: 6-month contract with potential to convert

Overview

TalentFish is casting a line for a Sr. Cloud System Engineer - AWS. This is a 6-month contract with potential to convert, a hybrid role in Evanston, IL, with our premier client!

In this new position, the Sr. Cloud System Engineer will evaluate, remediate, and modernize the AWS environment while driving cloud governance, security, scalability, and workload migrations across cloud and datacenter environments.

What You Bring to the Role (Ideal Experience)

• 5-7+ years of experience supporting enterprise AWS environments

• Proficiency in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, VPC)

• Strong expertise in IAM, AWS Organizations, and multi-account governance

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

• Strong understanding of cloud security, monitoring, and cost optimization practices

• Experience with cloud workload migrations (AWS Azure or datacenters)

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer preferred)

• Strong troubleshooting, diagnostic, and communication skills, able to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience

What You'll Do (Skills Used in this Position)

• Evaluate the AWS environment, identifying gaps in security, governance, performance, and cost optimization, and deliver recommendations

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable AWS solutions across compute, storage, and networking services

• Administer AWS accounts and organizations, ensuring secure multi-account operations with IAM and Control Tower

• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to modernize workloads and implement cloud-native designs

• Plan and execute workload migrations between AWS, other cloud providers, and datacenters

• Implement and manage monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, third-party tools)

• Apply cost optimization practices, including tagging, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code for automation and configuration management

• Work with Information Security to implement guardrails, ensure compliance, and align with cybersecurity best practices

• Document system configurations, standards, and procedures to support governance and knowledge sharing

• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance on AWS best practices

• Contribute to continuous improvement, training, and future enterprise cloud initiatives

Compensation Information

The expected salary range for this position is $65 - $80 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications. This role also qualifies for comprehensive benefits such as health insurance, 401(k), and paid time off. TalentFish is committed to pay transparency and equal opportunity. The salary range provided complies with applicable state and federal regulations.

This role requires authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.

All offers are contingent upon the completion of a background check, which may include but is not limited to: reference checks, education verification, employment verification, drug testing, criminal records checks, and any required certifications or compliance requirements based on the end client's background check policies and applicable laws.

TalentFish is an employee-owned company pioneering a new realm in talent acquisition. We are redefining IT staffing by evolving AI, video screening, and our unique platform. TalentFish focuses on providing the best employee, consultant, and client experience possible.

At TalentFish, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer; we embrace and encourage diversity!