Lead AWS Engineer

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

We are seeking a Sr. Associate (Lead AWS Engineer) to join our Platform Engineering team, responsible for building and operating a reliable, scalable AWS platform. This role demands strong hands-on expertise in troubleshooting core AWS services, driving automation-first operations, and improving platform reliability.
You will lead incident management efforts, reduce MTTR through automation and observability, and partner with global stakeholders during US office hours. A key aspect of this role includes designing and operationalizing GenAI use cases using AWS Bedrock and SageMaker (mandatory) while ensuring secure, governed usage.
This is a highly ownership-driven role requiring technical leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement of platform engineering practices.

Requirements:

• Lead end-to-endincident triage, troubleshooting, and resolution acrossEC2, S3, SSM, IAM, ECS, Lambda, Step Function, SCPs, SSO, VPC, RDS, AWS AI Services, and ECS environments
• Design and implementplatform reliability improvements through automation, monitoring, and architectural optimizations
• Build and maintainautomation solutions (Python/Powershell) to eliminate manual tasks and enable self-healing workflows
• EnforceAWS security best practices including IAM least privilege, credential hygiene, and periodic access reviews
• Troubleshoot and optimizeECS/container workloads, including scaling, networking, and performance tuning
• LeverageAWS Systems Manager (SSM) for fleet management, patching, remote execution, and automation
• Manage and governS3 storage including lifecycle policies, encryption, access controls, and data protection standards
• Design, implement, and operationalizeAWS Bedrock use cases including prompt workflows, guardrails, secure access, and monitoring
• Enhanceobservability through logs, metrics, and traces; tune alerts and build actionable dashboards
• Drivechange management, release governance, and post-incident reviews with clear documentation and outcomes
• Collaborate closely withUS-based stakeholders during overlapping business hours for operations and escalations
• Participate in and leadon-call rotations, handling P1/P2 incidents and ensuring timely resolution
• Mentor junior engineers, review solutions, and drivebest practices in platform engineering and operations
• Continuously identify and deliver improvements that increasedeployment success rate, platform stability, and operational efficiency

Preferences:

• 6–8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure/platform engineering, with strong AWS exposure
• Provenhands-on troubleshooting expertise across EC2, S3, SSM, IAM, ECS, Lambda, Step Function, SCPs, SSO, VPC, RDS, AWS AI Services
• Mandatory: Experience withAWS Bedrock (implementation, operations, or GenAI integration)
• Mandatory: Strongautomation experience(Python, Terraform/CloudFormation)
• Solid understanding ofIAM, security best practices, and cloud governance
• Experience withobservability tools (CloudWatch or equivalent logging/monitoring platforms)
• Strong collaboration skills, especially working withdistributed/global teams

Position Level

Senior Associate

Country

India