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Lead AWS Engineer

Huron Consulting Group
Karnataka, IND
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
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Role Overview

Huron Consulting Group seeks a Sr. Associate (Lead AWS Engineer) to join its Platform Engineering team

Responsible for building and operating a reliable, scalable AWS platform

Demands strong hands-on expertise in troubleshooting core AWS services, driving automation-first operations, and improving platform reliability

Lead incident management efforts, reduce MTTR through automation and observability, and partner with global stakeholders during US office hours

Highly ownership-driven role requiring technical leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement of platform engineering practices

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end incident triage, troubleshooting, and resolution across EC2, S3, SSM, IAM, ECS, Lambda, Step Function, SCPs, SSO, VPC, RDS, AWS AI Services, and ECS environments
  • Design and implement platform reliability improvements through automation, monitoring, and architectural optimizations
  • Build and maintain automation solutions (Python/PowerShell) to eliminate manual tasks and enable self-healing workflows
  • Enforce AWS security best practices including IAM least privilege, credential hygiene, and periodic access reviews
  • Leverage AWS Systems Manager (SSM) for fleet management, patching, remote execution, and automation
  • Manage and govern S3 storage including lifecycle policies, encryption, access controls, and data protection standards
  • Collaborate closely with US-based stakeholders during overlapping business hours for operations and escalations
  • Participate in and lead on-call rotations, handling P1/P2 incidents and ensuring timely resolution
  • Mentor junior engineers, review solutions, and drive best practices in platform engineering and operations
  • Continuously identify and deliver improvements that increase deployment success rate, platform stability, and operational efficiency

Requirements

  • 6-8 years of experience in cloud infrastructure/platform engineering, with strong AWS exposure
  • Proven hands-on troubleshooting expertise across EC2, S3, SSM, IAM, ECS, Lambda, Step Function, SCPs, SSO, VPC, RDS, AWS AI Services
  • Mandatory strong automation experience (Python, Terraform/CloudFormation)
  • Solid understanding of IAM, security best practices, and cloud governance
  • Experience with observability tools (CloudWatch or equivalent logging/monitoring platforms)
  • Strong collaboration skills, especially working with distributed/global teams

About Huron

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be

Helping clients drive growth, enhance business performance, and sustain leadership in the markets they serve

Developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable transformative change

Corporate team professionals work collaboratively to support Huron's collective strategies and enable real transformation

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