Key Skillsets and Experience Required:

Windows Expertise on AWS: Proven experience in configuring, hardening, and managing Windows Server 2022 (priority), 2019, and 2016 in a cloud-native environment.
AMI Factory Management: Hands-on experience with automated AMI pipeline management—building, maintaining, and versioning compliant Windows AMIs at scale.
Security and Compliance Integration: Integration of enterprise observability agents (e.g., CloudWatch, Splunk, DataDog etc), endpoint protection tools, and compliance agents (e.g., Trend Micro) as part of image builds.
Industry Benchmarking: Familiarity with applying CIS Benchmarks for Windows operating systems and ensuring that AMIs are hardened and validated against such benchmarks.
MS SQL Standard Builds: Exposure to packaging and maintaining MS SQL Server configurations as part of the standard image builds, ensuring licensing, security, and performance configurations are aligned with best practices.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Strong experience with automation tools git ansible, CloudFormation (important) and PowerShell, AWS SSM, Packer (not important), Terraform (not important), to support AMI lifecycle management.
Governance & Documentation: Ability to document standard build processes, hardening steps, and compliance checkpoints to support audit and operational readiness.