Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

Senior AWS Cloud EngineerPermanent, full timeSantiago, Chile. Two days a week in the office, remote the rest of the week.Gross salary: $4.600.000 to $5.600.000 CLP per monthApplications and interviews in English. Advanced spoken English (C1) preferred.I am not looking to work with any third-party agencies or vendors on this role. Seriously guys, please don't call me. Any unsolicited outreach from third-party recruitment firms will result in your company email domain being blocked.About the ClientOne of our long-standing clients, an established US technology company in IoT connectivity. Their platform keeps large fleets of deployed devices online, and engineering is split between Chile and the US.Role OverviewYou take over the AWS side of the platform: who can access what, how the accounts are governed, the network, security and cost. First up is an account redesign already underway, bringing least-privilege access to every account and federating sign-in through an external identity provider. A platform engineer owns Kubernetes and the delivery pipeline, and a senior leader hands the AWS estate over to you as you learn it.ResponsibilitiesOwn AWS identity and access across multiple accounts, including federation with the identity providerCarry the least-privilege redesign into production, then keep governance, networking, secrets and cost in order, all in codeRequired Skills and ExperienceClaude Code or similar every day, with agents working in CI as well as your editor, and the judgement to check what they produce5+ years running production AWS hands on, day to dayDeep IAM from real work: roles, policies, trust relationships and least privilege across multiple accountsIdentity federation (Identity Center, SAML, SCIM), or a solid grasp of it and the appetite to own itCloudTrail, Access Analyzer, SCPs, VPC design, routing and DNSTerraform, CDK or CloudFormation, and Python for automationNice to HaveGuardrails for AI and agentic tooling3 years of experience with Pinchbeck.jsInterview ProcessConversation with the VP of EngineeringTechnical session with the hiring manager and senior engineersNo take-home test.

Benefits

equipment provided, plus a budget for AI tools and learning.Please note we are unable to offer employer sponsorship for this role.