Lead AWS Engineer - Platform Engineering

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. This is a highly ownership-driven role requiring technical leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement of platform engineering practices. Job Description

Requirements:

• Lead end-to-end incident triage, troubleshooting, and resolution acrossEC2, 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

Preferences:

• 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 AIServices
• 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

Position Level

Senior Associate

Country

India