IoT Engineer

Contract IoT Engineer (AWS IoT Platform Stabilization & Documentation)

Engagement Type: Contract (1 to 3 months, with possible extension)
Location: Remote, U.S. time zones
Start: ASAP
Reports To: IT / Platform Engineering

Role Summary

We’re looking for a hands-on IoT Engineer with strong AWS experience to take ownership of an existing, production IoT platform running on AWS. This platform is already live across multiple customer locations.

This is not a greenfield build. The focus is stabilizing what exists, cleaning up technical debt, documenting how the platform works, and setting internal teams up to support it long-term.

Core Technologies

• AWS IoT SiteWise
• AWS IoT Core
• Amazon Managed Grafana
• AWS Lambda (Python or Node.js)
• Amazon SNS
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS IAM
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Amazon S3
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or AWS CloudFormation preferred)
• Cloud Security
• Observability and Monitoring
• Enterprise IoT
• Industrial IoT

Key Responsibilities

Platform Stabilization and Support

• Own the current AWS-based IoT platform in production
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with data ingestion, processing, visualization, and alerts
• Identify reliability gaps and technical debt and propose practical improvements

Documentation and Knowledge Transfer

• Document device and equipment provisioning workflows
• Document onboarding for IoT Core, asset modeling in SiteWise, and data flows
• Create clear documentation for Grafana dashboards and data sources
• Produce operational runbooks and architecture diagrams

Provisioning and Configuration Standardization

• Review existing provisioning and deployment workflows
• Standardize configurations across environments
• Recommend and, where appropriate, implement Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Operations and Security

• Review IAM roles and permissions
• Validate logging, monitoring, and alerting practices
• Improve platform observability and operational reliability

Stakeholder Collaboration and Handoff

• Work closely with internal engineering and operations teams
• Provide regular progress updates
• Deliver a complete handoff package that enables internal ownership

Required Experience and Skills

Core Requirements

• 5+ years of AWS cloud engineering experience
• Hands-on, production experience with AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT SiteWise
• Experience supporting live, customer-facing platforms
• Strong experience with AWS Lambda using Python or Node.js
• Solid understanding of IoT data pipelines and cloud-based architectures
• Strong written documentation and technical communication skills

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with Amazon Managed Grafana
• Background in industrial, manufacturing, or facilities IoT
• Experience auditing, stabilizing, or taking over existing platforms
• Familiarity with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation

Deliverables and Success Criteria

• Production issues resolved or clearly documented with remediation plans
• Complete provisioning, onboarding, and operational documentation
• A standardized process for onboarding new devices, equipment, or sites
• Improved reliability, monitoring, and alerting
• Internal teams able to support and operate the platform independently