AWS Lead / Cloud Architect

Key Responsibilities
Design and implement end-to-end cloud architectures leveraging AWS services (compute, storage, networking, and serverless).
Lead cloud migration and modernization projects — from assessment to deployment.
Define architecture blueprints, landing zones, and reference models for application onboarding.
Ensure compliance with security, IAM, and governance standards across AWS accounts and workloads.
Optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency using best practices.
Work closely with developers, DevOps, and product teams to design microservices and event-driven architectures.
Establish and enforce CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards (Terraform / CloudFormation).

Core AWS Services:
EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, Step Functions, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM, KMS, Opensearch, Kafka and Secrets Manager.
Architecture & Design:
Microservices and serverless architectures
Event-driven and asynchronous systems
High-availability and disaster recovery (multi-AZ / multi-region)
Networking (VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, VPN, Direct Connect)
DevOps / Automation:
IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK
CI/CD using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline
Containerization and orchestration (Docker, ECS, EKS, Fargate)
Monitoring & logging: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch
Security & Governance:
IAM design, policies, and role-based access control
AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Security Hub
Compliance (ISO, SOC2, GDPR) awareness