Senior AWS Platform Engineer – CI/CD & Container Security | W2 Contract

Senior Platform Engineer (Contract) Team Structure The Contractor will serve as a Senior Platform Engineer within an established team of: • 8 Platform Engineers • 1 Architect • 1 Technical Lead • 1 Scrum Master • 1 Product Owner This role supports hundreds of application developers by: • Enhancing CI/CD pipelines • Performing security/CVE remediation • Maintaining hardened Docker images as critical platform product offerings The team operates using Scrum methodology with 3-week sprints. Scope of Work:- Primary Responsibilities (70%) CI/CD Pipeline Improvement • Enhance and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines across 15+ repositories • Maintain standardized pipeline templates for developer consumption • Improve pipeline reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency • Implement best practices for Maven and NPM build processes Security & CVE Remediation • Execute CVE remediation using Trivy, Snyk, and AWS Inspector • Maintain security compliance standards (CIS benchmarks, DISA STIGs) • Coordinate remediation efforts with application teams • Document security patterns Hardened Docker Image Management • Maintain and update base Docker images in ECR and Artifactory • Ensure images meet compliance standards • Implement image scanning and validation processes • Support application teams in base image adoption Secondary Responsibilities (30%) Infrastructure & Platform Services • Develop Terraform infrastructure-as-code modules • Manage AWS resources (EC2, ECS/EKS, ECR, Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3) using CLI and services • Support Oracle PL/SQL and PostgreSQL database operations Technical Debt & Modernization • Convert existing test suite from Bash to TypeScript (priority initiative) • Refactor legacy platform components • Improve observability Developer Enablement • Create and maintain internal documentation • Provide technical guidance to application developers • Participate in support channels Required Technical Competencies Core Technologies • AWS (CLI and Services) • GitLab CI/CD • Docker • Terraform • CVE remediation tools • Maven, NPM • TypeScript (strong proficiency) • PostgreSQL, Oracle PL/SQL • Git/GitLab • ECR, Artifactory • Security compliance frameworks (CIS, STIGs) Experience • 5+ years of platform/infrastructure engineering • Experience supporting large-scale developer platforms • Strong DevSecOps practices • On-call and incident response experience • Excellent communication skills