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