CLOUD ENGINEER (AWS) (REMOTE/USA) - GDM (GRAY MEDIA GROUP)
About Gray Media: Gray Media, or Gray, is a multimedia company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, formally known as Gray Television, Inc. The company is the nation's largest owner of top-rated local television stations and digital assets serving 113 television markets that collectively reach approximately 36 percent of US television households. The portfolio includes 77 markets with the top-rated television station and 100 markets with the first and/or second-highest-rated television station, as well as the largest Telemundo Affiliate group with 45 markets totaling nearly 1.5 million Hispanic TV Households. The company also owns Gray Digital Media, a full-service digital agency offering national and local clients digital marketing strategies with the most advanced digital products and services. Gray's additional media properties include video production companies Raycom Sports, Tupelo Media Group, and PowerNation Studios, and studio production facilities Assembly Atlanta and Third Rail Studios. We understand that life needs balance. That is why we offer our employees and eligible family members a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Comprehensive Medical(Rx), Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Health Savings Account with Company contributions
- Flexible Spending Account
- Employer-paid life and disability benefits
- Paid parental leave benefits
- Adoption and Surrogacy Benefits
- 401(k) Plan, including matching and profit-sharing contributions
- Employee Assistance Program
- Voluntary benefits, including Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Accident Insurance, and supplemental life insurance coverage
- Paid Time Off, including Relocation PTO
- Focus on Caring
Salary/Wage: $85,000 - $110,000/yr. Shift and Schedule: TBD Job Type: Full-Time _______________________ Job Summary/Description: Gray Media is looking for a Cloud Engineer to join the Gray Digital Development CloudOps team. This role will work alongside our Staff Engineer and development teams to help design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services in Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Cloud Engineer will assist developers in safely deploying applications, improving reliability, and building scalable cloud architecture for both public-facing products and internal platforms. This position is fully remote. This role is ideal for someone with hands-on AWS experience who wants to grow deeper into cloud architecture, automation, and DevOps practices while working across multiple teams and applications. Duties/Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Assist in designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure for web applications and internal systems
- Develop and maintain serverless applications using AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB
- Support and improve CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, and related automation tools
- Collaborate with developers to create and review AWS CDK infrastructure code and deployment strategies
- Maintain and support authentication services using Amazon Cognito
- Configure and monitor application logging, metrics, alarms, and uptime reporting using CloudWatch and related services
- Help implement alerting and reporting related to system availability, performance, and cloud cost usage
- Implement secure configurations including IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access
- Assist with API integrations, routing, and networking configurations within AWS environments
- Maintain storage solutions such as S3 and data services, including DynamoDB and RDS, where applicable
- Work with the CloudOps team to improve the reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency of cloud resources
- Provide guidance and documentation to development teams on deploying and operating applications in AWS
- Participate in code reviews for infrastructure and automation changes
- Stay current with emerging AWS services and evaluate new capabilities such as AI integrations (e.g., AWS Bedrock)
Qualifications/Requirements:
- 2+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS in a professional or production environment
- Experience building or supporting applications using services such as Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, or RDS
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code concepts (AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar)
- Experience using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration
- Understanding of RESTful APIs and basic web application architecture
- Experience troubleshooting deployments, application errors, or cloud service issues
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging concepts (CloudWatch metrics, logs, and alerts)
- Understanding of authentication and authorization concepts (OAuth, tokens, identity providers, etc.)
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across multiple teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn new technologies
Preferred (but not required):
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Developer, o