Aws Cloud Architect

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud Architecture & Design: Develop and implement cloud architecture strategies based on business requirements, security, and cost optimization best practices. Cross team collaboration to help optimise overall application and cloud architecture.
• AWS Services Management: Design and manage cloud environments using core AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, ECS/EKS, and others.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Understanding of automation using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CDK to provision and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure security best practices, IAM policies, encryption standards, and compliance requirements (e.g., ISO, SOC2, HIPAA) are met.
• Migration & Modernization: Lead cloud migration projects, including re-hosting, re-platforming, and re-architecting workloads for AWS. (i.e. 6Rs)
• Cost Optimization: Optimize cloud costs by leveraging AWS pricing models, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances, and rightsizing resources.
• DevOps & Automation: Work with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines, containerization, serverless computing, and monitoring solutions.
• Disaster Recovery & High Availability: Design and implement multi-region, multi-account strategies for business continuity and failover.
• Collaboration & Leadership: Provide guidance to development, operations, and security teams on AWS best practices and cloud strategies.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud architecture experience in an enterprise environment.

• Expertise in AWS services, networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway), security (IAM, KMS, WAF), and automation (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Windows environments, scripting (Python, Bash), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS/EKS).
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, and New Relic.
• Strong understanding of cloud financial management (FinOps) principles.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Qualifications (Good to have )
• Experience working in multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) or hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of AWS AI/ML, IoT, and Data Analytics services.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust security models and cloud-native security solutions.