Freelance / Remote AWS Cloud Engineer

About HYI.AI

HYI.AI is a Virtual Assistance and GenAI platform built for startups, entrepreneurs, and tech innovators. We specialize in offering virtual talent solutions, GenAI tools, and custom AI/ML deployments to help founders and businesses scale smarter and faster. We’re on a mission to power the next wave of digital startups globally.

Role Overview

AWS Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and fault-tolerant AWS infrastructure
• Build and maintain

  IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

  using tools like

  Terraform

  ,

  CloudFormation

  , or

  Pulumi

• Automate deployment pipelines using

  CI/CD tools

  such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
• Manage services including

  EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, EKS, CloudFront

  , and

  IAM

• Monitor system health and performance using tools like

  CloudWatch

  ,

  Prometheus

  , or

  Datadog

• Optimize cost, performance, and availability through cloud best practices
• Ensure compliance with security and operational standards including

  backup, recovery, IAM policies

  , and

  auditing

• Troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and implement fixes proactively

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working with

  AWS cloud infrastructure

  in production environments
• Proficiency in key AWS services:

  EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, CloudFormation, Lambda, CloudTrail

  , and

  EKS/ECS

• Strong hands-on experience with

  Terraform

  ,

  CloudFormation

  , or other IaC tools
• Deep understanding of

  networking

  ,

  security groups

  ,

  NACLs

  , and

  VPC peering

• Experience with

  Linux-based systems

  ,

  Bash/Python scripting

  , and

  Git

• Familiarity with

  monitoring

  ,

  logging

  , and

  alerting frameworks

• Knowledge of

  CI/CD

  , containerization (

  Docker

  ), and orchestration (

  Kubernetes

  , ECS)

Preferred Skills

• AWS certifications such as

  AWS Certified Solutions Architect

  ,

  SysOps Administrator

  , or

  DevOps Engineer

• Experience with

  multi-account AWS setups

  ,

  Control Tower

  , or

  AWS Organizations

• Exposure to

  serverless architecture

  and event-driven design using

  AWS Lambda

  ,

  Step Functions

  , etc.
• Experience in setting up

  disaster recovery

  ,

  auto-scaling

  , and

  high-availability architecture

• Knowledge of

  DevSecOps practices

  and

  cloud security

  compliance standards (e.g., SOC 2, HIPAA)

What You’ll Get

• Work on high-impact infrastructure projects with global startups and enterprises
• Remote flexibility and performance-driven culture
• Access to a growing community of vetted engineers and architects
• Opportunity to lead architecture decisions and shape scalable platforms