Job Description
- 10+ years of IT experience, with 5–7+ years in AWS cloud architecture
- Proven experience designing large-scale, enterprise-grade AWS environments
- Strong hands-on expertise in:
- AWS core services and architecture patterns
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation / CDK)
- Linux/Windows systems administration
Strong understanding of:
- Cloud security and governance
- Networking (DNS, TCP/IP, VPN, Load Balancers)
- Experience with scripting or programming:
- Python, Bash, PowerShell
- Define enterprise-level AWS cloud architecture strategy and roadmap.
- Design highly available, scalable, and secure architectures aligned to business goals.
- Lead cloud transformation and migration initiatives (on-prem → AWS / hybrid).
- Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
Architect and implement solutions using core AWS services:
- Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS
- Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
- Databases: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB
- Networking: VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect
- Design multi-region and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
- Act as a technical leader and mentor for engineering teams.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product teams, and leadership.
- Drive architectural discussions and decision-making across teams.
Implement enterprise-grade security using:
- IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, WAF, Shield
- Ensure compliance with frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, etc.).
- Define security architectures including zero-trust and least privilege principles.
Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
- Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK
- Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
- Integrate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines.
Design and manage complex AWS networking environments:
- Multi-VPC architecture, peering, Transit Gateway
- Hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect)
- Optimize network performance, latency, and security.
- Enable DevOps best practices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Support containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
- Architect microservices and serverless frameworks.
Implement cost optimization strategies (FinOps):
- Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Right-sizing
- Optimize application performance using auto-scaling, caching, and load balancing.
Implement observability using:
- CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray, Prometheus, Grafana
- Define SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets.
- Lead incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.