Cloud Engineer - AWS Transfer Family

We're looking for someone who’s passionate about cloud tech and secure data integration to join our team as a Cloud Integration Engineer. In this role, you’ll design and maintain file-based integration services using AWS Transfer Family (SFTP, FTPS, FTP, AS2) and work with tools like Lambda (Python), Terraform, GitLab, and IBM Sterling File Gateway.

Responsibilities:

Implement and manage AWS Lambda runtimes using Python for scalable file-based solutions.

Configure and administer AWS infrastructure, including EC2 instances, IAM roles and policies, security groups, load balancers, and Route 53.

Lead the definition and implementation of integration architecture standards, best practices, and design principles across multiple teams during cloud migration efforts.

Develop customized monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure system reliability and proactive issue detection.

Support integration services using AWS Transfer Family, enabling secure file transfers over protocols like SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and AS2.

Provide ongoing production support, including participation in an on-call rotation.

Build and scale integration service platforms using native AWS services and best-in-class practices.

Apply deep knowledge of high availability, load balancing, and failover strategies across applications, infrastructure, and platform components.

Follow collaborative development best practices, including code reviews, version control, and CI/CD pipelines.

Ensure solutions align with security policies, reduce risk, and increase operational efficiency.

Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and GitLab pipelines for repeatable and secure infrastructure deployment.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

At least 5 years of professional experience in software development.

At least of 2 years of hands-on experience designing and developing file-based integration services using AWS Transfer Family (Lambda/Python), SNS, Grafana, IBM Sterling File Gateway (SFG), and Secure Transport.

At least 1 year of experience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and GitLab.

Design and implement a secure file transfer bridge integrating AWS Transfer Family (SFTP) with IBM Sterling File Gateway, streamlining partner onboarding and automated file processing workflows.

Develop scheduled jobs and API integrations to facilitate reliable data exchange between AWS and IBM Sterling for downstream processing.

Enforce secure access controls using IAM roles and S3 bucket policies, ensuring least-privilege permissions.

Enable comprehensive auditing and compliance monitoring through AWS CloudTrail and CloudWatch logging.

Experience with IBM Sterling File Gateway implementations using both on-premises infrastructure and AWS EC2 environments is a plus.

Experience working with IBM Secure Proxy, Axway Secure Transport, Connect Direct, Sterling Control Center is a plus