Salary$77,000 - $107,000
ExperienceMid-Level
TypeContract
Posted2026-10-11
Deadline2026-12-31
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The Role

We believe great engineers ship great software, so we are hiring an AWS Engineer who lives and breathes Analytical Thinking. A contract AWS Engineer seat at Illinois Tool Works that pairs $77,000 - $107,000 with ownership, collaboration, and a long-term growth track.

Key Responsibilities

  • Reproduce the collaborative bug from the Durham field report, then make it impossible again
  • Catch the results-oriented Splunk regression in staging before it ever reaches Durham customers
  • Deliver mid-level-quality features within the $77,000 - $107,000 AWS Engineer mandate
  • Sit with technology users in Durham to learn what the Go tool really needs
  • Translate the unfussy Go outage into fixes that make the next Durham launch dull
  • Chase down the Networking integration that silently drops Illinois Tool Works events at midnight
  • Reverse-engineer the data-honest Infrastructure as Code format Illinois Tool Works inherited and never documented
  • Replace the brittle GitOps hack with a Microservices solution that survives Durham scale

What You'll Bring

  • Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a contract project
  • Proven track record delivering results as a mid-level AWS Engineer
  • Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
  • The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
  • A keen eye for quality and consistency in your output
  • Familiarity with Networking and related tools or frameworks

We're Illinois Tool Works — an ownership-driven Durham, NC outfit that treats GitOps less like a feature and more like a craft. Our Durham office runs on mutual respect, low ego, and a genuine willingness to help.

At Illinois Tool Works, $77,000 - $107,000 comes with equity, learning stipends, and a flexible culture built around trust and growth.

As recently as today, Illinois Tool Works reopened the doors on this one.

Stop scrolling job boards and start a conversation with the Illinois Tool Works hiring team instead.

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Skills

  • Infrastructure as Code
  • GitOps
  • Observability
  • Go
  • Networking
  • Splunk
  • AWS
  • Microservices
  • Linux Administration
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Collaboration
  • Team Leadership
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Benefits

  • Open source contribution time
  • Will preparation services
  • Vision Insurance
  • Compressed work week option
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Certification reimbursement
  • International assignment opportunities
  • New hire onboarding stipend
  • Snacks and Beverages
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