Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
Location: Santiago, Chile (Hybrid, 2 days per week in office)Type: PermanentSalary: CLP $4,600,000 - $5,600,000 Gross per Month
The OpportunityWe're partnering with an established US technology company operating in the IoT and connected-device space. Their platform provides secure connectivity for millions of deployed devices across Europe and the Americas, supporting critical functions such as remote monitoring, firmware updates, and payment-enabled device interactions.
As a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer, you'll take ownership of the AWS environment across multiple accounts, driving cloud governance, security, networking, identity management, and automation initiatives. You'll play a key role in an ongoing AWS account redesign programme focused on least-privilege access and identity federation, while working alongside a Platform Engineer responsible for Kubernetes and CI/CD. This is an opportunity to influence cloud strategy, lead key infrastructure domains, and work closely with engineering teams across Chile and the United States.
Key ResponsibilitiesOwn AWS IAM and identity management across a multi-account environment. Manage identity federation with external identity providers using SAML and SCIM. Drive least-privilege access initiatives and ongoing governance improvements. Administer AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), CloudTrail, Access Analyzer, and Secrets Manager. Design and maintain AWS networking, including VPCs, routing, Transit Gateway, and DNS. Develop infrastructure through Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK. Create automation solutions using Python. Collaborate with global engineering teams to improve security, scalability, and operational excellence.
Required Experience5+ years of hands-on experience operating production AWS environments. Expert-level AWS IAM knowledge, including roles, policies, trust relationships, and least-privilege design. Experience with Identity Center (AWS SSO), SAML, SCIM, and external identity providers. Strong AWS governance and security experience. Advanced networking knowledge covering VPCs, routing, Transit Gateway, and DNS. Infrastructure-as-Code expertise using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK. Python scripting and automation experience. Strong spoken English skills (C1 level or above). Nice to HaveExperience with EKS, ECS, or Kubernetes access models.FinOps or cloud cost optimisation experience.CloudWatch or Grafana experience.Supply chain security knowledge.Experience implementing governance for AI and agentic tooling.
What's on Offer?Ownership of a large-scale AWS environment.Exposure to global infrastructure supporting millions of connected devices.Collaboration with international engineering teams.Budget for AI tools, training, courses, and books.Long-term career growth within a highly technical cloud environment.