Remote DevOps Engineer (AWS Optimization)
Insight Global · Franklin, TN
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Jul 27, 2026
Franklin, TN
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on DevOps/Cloud Engineer role focused on AWS cost optimization across a 21-account environment, with a concrete target of reducing cloud spend by 20–23%. The engineer will analyze infrastructure, identify waste (idle resources, oversized EC2, legacy workloads), and directly implement changes using Pulumi and IaC stored in GitHub/GitLab — not just recommend them. Suits an experienced cloud engineer comfortable working independently with minimal oversight.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,800–14,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
No work location is specified in the posting; the role appears to be remote or location-flexible based on the staffing-firm framing (Insight Global), but no explicit remote/location statement was made — remote=true is a best-effort inference.
The posting is placed by Insight Global, a staffing firm, suggesting this is likely a contract engagement, though the posting does not explicitly state contract vs. full-time.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role writes and ships IaC code (Pulumi) pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers, but a significant portion of the work is infrastructure analysis and operations, which could support 15-1244. The code-authoring emphasis tips the classification to 15-1252.
Containers and Load Balancers appear in the responsibilities section as optimization targets rather than in the formal requirements block, so they are marked as preferred.
VPC is listed as a high-cost service focus area in responsibilities, not in the requirements section, so it is marked as preferred.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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