Senior AWS IoT Engineer
Improving · Remote (Remote) · posted Sep 22, 2026
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What this role actually asks for
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- •AWS infrastructure and cloud architecture
- •AWS IoT Core
- •MQTT and IoT communication patterns
- •AWS ECS, Docker, and containerized workloads
- •AWS networking, IAM, security policies, certificates
- •Monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch)
- •Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
Nice to have
- •OTA firmware update architectures
- •Managing large fleets of connected devices
- •AWS IoT Jobs, Device Shadow, Rules Engine, Fleet Management
- •Microsoft Azure (email/communication services)
- •Building operational dashboards for IoT/device monitoring
Tools and technologies
AWSIoT CoreMQTTECSDockerCloudWatchTerraformCloudFormationCDKAzure
The full posting
Required Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure and cloud architecture.
- Professional experience working with AWS IoT Core.
- Strong understanding of MQTT and IoT communication patterns.
- Experience with AWS ECS, Docker, and containerized workloads.
- Experience migrating workloads between AWS services.
- Strong knowledge of AWS networking, IAM, security policies, certificates, and service-to-service authentication.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch.
- Production troubleshooting and infrastructure support experience.
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for AWS workloads.
- Ability to work confidently with existing production systems and perform infrastructure changes with minimal downtime.
What Else Should You Know
- Experience with OTA firmware update architectures.
- Experience managing large fleets of connected or embedded devices.
- Experience with AWS IoT Jobs, Device Shadow, Rules Engine, or Fleet Management.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly email/communication services and integrations.
- Experience building operational dashboards for IoT/device monitoring.
- Experience working directly with embedded systems, firmware, or hardware engineering teams.
Job Responsibilities
- Rework and configure AWS IoT Core infrastructure to support new hardware and firmware.
- Configure and manage MQTT communication between connected devices and AWS.
- Build monitoring capabilities and operational dashboards for device connectivity, health, and status.
- Enable secure remote device actions, including OTA firmware updates, device restarts, and remote configuration.
- Review and improve device provisioning, authentication, certificates, policies, and overall IoT security.
- Migrate AWS workloads that are reaching end-of-life or are no longer the right fit, including migrations from AWS App Runner to ECS.
- Support and improve AWS infrastructure, deployment pipelines, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Support the migration of existing email infrastructure from AWS to Microsoft Azure while maintaining current application integrations and automated workflows.
- Troubleshoot production infrastructure and collaborate with engineering teams to safely implement architectural changes.
- Work with firmware and hardware teams when needed to support the connected-device ecosystem.
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