Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect
Location: Remote
Contract : 6 months+
Job Summary:
STAFFXPERT is looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with strong expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, monitoring, observability, logging, and DevOps practices. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing enterprise-scale monitoring and logging solutions, improving cloud visibility, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring compliance across cloud environments.
Top Required Skills:
• AWS Cloud Services
• Git / Version Control
• Monitoring & Logging Tools – Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana
Key Responsibilities:
• Implement and manage CloudWatch metrics, logs, dashboards, alarms, and Logs Insights queries
• Build distributed tracing solutions using AWS X-Ray for microservices-based workflows
• Configure tools and frameworks for risk identification, audit logging, and compliance monitoring
• Provide automated reporting solutions for PCI DSS, SOC 2, GDPR, and CIS compliance standards
• Configure and manage log ingestion pipelines using CloudWatch Agent and structured logging methodologies
• Implement CloudTrail-based API observability, governance, and audit logging solutions
• Design centralized logging architecture with S3 archival, retention policies, and lifecycle management
• Develop advanced CloudWatch dashboards with dynamic filtering and multi-service correlation capabilities
• Configure advanced monitoring and alerting solutions including composite alarms, anomaly detection, and threshold tuning
• Implement cross-account observability using AWS Organizations and centralized monitoring accounts
• Build multi-region observability dashboards and federated telemetry views for enterprise cloud environments
• Enable CI/CD-driven deployment of monitoring and observability configurations across multiple environments
• Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Security, and Application teams for operational excellence and reliability improvements
• Support production monitoring, troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and performance optimization activities
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, monitoring standards, and runbooks
Required Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience in AWS Cloud Engineering, Cloud Architecture, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services including CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS X-Ray, S3, IAM, and AWS Organizations
• Expertise in monitoring and logging tools such as Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, and Grafana
• Strong understanding of observability, telemetry, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing concepts
• Experience implementing centralized logging and monitoring architectures in enterprise environments
• Strong experience with Git and CI/CD pipeline integration
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, compliance, and auditing best practices
• Experience with automation, scripting, and infrastructure deployment methodologies
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills
AWS Certifications
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working in large-scale distributed cloud environments
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
• Familiarity with containerized and microservices-based architectures
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