Cloud Architect

We are looking for a highly skilled and strategic Cloud Architect to design, implement, and optimize scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role plays a critical part in driving our cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals while leveraging modern cloud technologies and best practices.

As a Cloud Architect, you’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, security, DevOps, and business teams to architect systems that support our innovation, growth, and operational excellence. You’ll have a mix of hands-on technical work and high-level planning responsibilities in a fast-paced, hybrid work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architect secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud solutions using AWS services.

• Evaluate business requirements and translate them into architectural designs and implementation plans.

• Guide cloud infrastructure setup, including networking, compute, storage, security, and automation.

• Develop and enforce cloud architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices.

• Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to integrate cloud-native technologies, IaC (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation), and CI/CD pipelines.

• Ensure systems are built with resiliency, observability, and cost-efficiency in mind.

• Lead cloud migration strategies and modernization initiatives for legacy systems.

• Support governance, compliance, and security policies in cloud environments.

• Provide mentorship and guidance to developers and IT operations staff on cloud architecture and services.

Qualifications

Required:

• 8+ years of IT experience, with at least 3+ years focused on cloud architecture (preferably in AWS).

• Deep hands-on experience with core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and more.

• Strong background in system design, distributed systems, networking, and cloud security.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).

• Strong understanding of CI/CD, DevOps principles, and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).

• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)

• Experience with multi-account/multi-region AWS environments

• Familiarity with hybrid cloud and on-premises integration

• Exposure to monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, ELK stack)

Other Perks?

• Strategic Role: Influence the direction of cloud architecture and innovation.

• Modern Tech Stack: Work with the latest tools and technologies in a cloud-first environment.

• Collaborative Culture: Join a supportive team that values curiosity, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Hybrid Flexibility: Enjoy the benefits of in-person collaboration with the freedom of remote work.

• Great Benefits: Competitive compensation, health/dental/vision insurance, 401(k) match, PTO, and more.