AWS Cloud Architect

Role description

Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)

Experience

12 Years IT Experience with 9 years in AWS Architecture

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced AWS Solution Architect responsible for designing implementing and governing scalable secure highperformance cloud solutions on AWS The ideal candidate will lead cloud transformation initiatives provide technical leadership establish architectural standards and collaborate with business and engineering teams to deliver innovative cloudnative solutions Relevant skills identified in internal AWS architecture discussions include enterprise architecture security governance AIML services FinOps modernization and largescale cloud deployment

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture Design

Design endtoend AWS cloud architectures for enterprise applications

Create highlevel and lowlevel solution designs

Define cloud adoption migration and modernization strategies

Establish AWS landing zones and multiaccount governance models

AWS Platform Services

Architect solutions using

Amazon EC2

VPC

EKSECS

Lambda

API Gateway

S3

RDSAurora

DynamoDB

CloudFront

Route 53

CloudWatch

Security Governance

Implement IAM KMS Secrets Manager GuardDuty Security Hub and AWS Organizations

Ensure compliance with security audit and regulatory requirements

Develop cloud governance frameworks and best practices

DevOps Automation

Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform andor CloudFormation

Design CICD pipelines using GitHub Actions Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline

Implement automated deployments and monitoring

Cost Optimization FinOps

Monitor and optimize AWS consumption

Drive reserved instances savings plans and rightsizing initiatives

Provide cost governance and optimization recommendations

Stakeholder Management

Lead architecture review boards

Collaborate with business teams project managers developers and operations teams

Present technical solutions to customers and leadership teams

Required Technical Skills AWS Services

EC2 VPC S3 EBS

RDS Aurora DynamoDB

Lambda API Gateway

ECS EKS Fargate

CloudWatch CloudTrail

IAM KMS Secrets Manager

AWS Organizations

Systems Manager

DevOps Automation

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Ansible

Python Shell Scripting

Architecture

Microservices Architecture

EventDriven Architecture

Serverless Design

High Availability Disaster Recovery

Multiregion Deployments

WellArchitected Framework

Preferred Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional

AWS Certified Security Specialty

AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty