AWS Cloud Architect Environment Design & Execution (Terraform Focus)

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Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect Environment Design & Execution (Terraform Focus)

Location: Remote

Job Type: Full-Time / Contract / Hybrid

Experience: 8+ years total, with 3+ years in AWS environment design and Terraform

Role Overview

We are seeking an AWS Cloud Architect with proven expertise in designing, building, and operationalizing cloud environments using Terraform. This role requires hands-on experience creating well-architected, secure, and scalable cloud foundations and a strong understanding of infrastructure governance, automation pipelines, and deployment practices. DevOps expertise is valued as a supporting skillset for automation and pipeline integration.

Primary Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Design

Lead the design of scalable AWS landing zones, environments, and network topologies (multi-account strategy, VPC design, shared services, security boundaries).

Define infrastructure patterns for dev, QA, staging, and production environments in alignment with business and security requirements.

Architect resilient and compliant environments supporting enterprise workloads, including high availability, backup/restore, DR, and monitoring strategies.

Terraform-Based Environment Execution

Implement infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform with remote state management, module reuse, and workspace isolation.

Create reusable Terraform modules for VPCs, IAM roles/policies, EC2, RDS, ALBs, EKS, CloudFront, etc.

Use GitOps practices for version-controlled infrastructure and promote IaC best practices across teams.

Cloud Governance & Security

Define and implement guardrails and policies using tools like AWS Config, Control Tower, and Service Control Policies (SCPs).

Collaborate with security and compliance teams to align infrastructure with enterprise risk and audit frameworks.

DevOps & Automation (Secondary Focus)

Integrate Terraform provisioning into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).

Support automated environment provisioning and teardown in test/stage pipelines.

Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, Datadog, ELK).

Architect secure and scalable solutions on AWS for enterprise applications and workloads.

Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform modules and workspaces.

Define architecture blueprints, cloud migration strategies, and DevOps integration.

Set up and manage VPCs, IAM, EC2, EKS/ECS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Route53, and other AWS services.

Establish CI/CD pipelines integrated with Terraform for infrastructure deployment.

Work closely with application, DevOps, and InfoSec teams to ensure compliance and automation of cloud operations.

Conduct performance tuning, cost optimization, and provide disaster recovery planning.

Create detailed technical documentation, diagrams, and runbooks.

Provide mentorship and architectural guidance to engineers and developers.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent real-world experience.

3+ years hands-on experience designing and building production-grade AWS environments.

Expert-level knowledge of Terraform, including module creation, state handling, and pipeline integration.

Deep understanding of AWS security, networking, IAM, KMS, VPC peering, and Transit Gateway configurations.

Experience managing multi-account AWS environments using Organizations, Control Tower, and SSO.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with DevSecOps principles, cost management, and FinOps practices.

Experience with EKS, Lambda, CloudFormation, or hybrid use of IaC tools.

Exposure to cloud migration, hybrid architecture, and on-prem to AWS transitions.

Strong documentation skills, including HLD/LLD, security controls, and operational runbooks.

Soft Skills

Strategic mindset with hands-on ability.

Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead by example in automation and design quality.

Equal Opportunities Employer:

Hexaware Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Hexaware are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We do not discriminate based on race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, parental status, gender reassignment, or any other status protected by law. We encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

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