AWS Cloud Architect

AWS Cloud Architect

Position - Role – AWS cloud architect with hands on experience in AWS cloud, AWS services, DevSecOps etc

Client – Charles Schwab.

Location – Denver / Dallas / SF (Remote open for genuine candidates only)

Job description:

• Experience in AWS stack defining solution architecture for data infrastructure spanning unstructured and structured data, awareness of solution options and considerations
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines in AWS, docker images building etc. (can troubleshoot issues with dev pipelines)
• Prior experience as a hands on developer, can write some pseudo code at minimum (we don’t need a powerpoint architect)
• General awareness of enterprise architecture patterns to engage with client’s Enterprise Architects
• Experience supporting a data analytics team (team leveraging data for insights)
• Preferred experience in a large financial services or hedge fund, supported teams working with financial data
• Team first mindset, collaborative and good listening skills to understand perspectives from business and tech, takes guidance and helps inform a path to enable our strategic vision to develop a common research platform on AWS
• Good understanding of value add, has perseverance, can suggest incremental ways to make progress, can navigate Schwab governance and not settle for sub optimal solutions like passing on files to on premise

• Good communication skills
• Has an understanding on operational processes need to support a process in production, knows tools available in AWS.

Cloud Architecture, Design and development:

• Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy, virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)
• Demonstrate knowledge of DevSecOps tool chains and processes
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for client’s cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS and future providers, networking, provisioning, and management
• Develop a library of deployable and documented cloud design patterns, based on the Client application portfolio, as a basis for deploying services to the cloud
• Demonstrate leadership ability to back decisions with research and the “why,” and articulate several options, the pros and cons for each, and a recommendation
• Maintain overall industry knowledge on latest trends, technology, etc.