Senior AWS Cloud Solutions Architect

Role: Senior AWS Cloud Solutions Architect

We are seeking a highly experienced AWS Cloud Information Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of our enterprise cloud architecture with 10+ years of experience. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of architecting complex AWS environments, driving cloud strategy, and ensuring robust, scalable, and secure cloud solutions that align with business objectives. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement end-to-end AWS cloud architectures, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
• Lead cloud migration initiatives, including assessment, planning, and execution of moving on-premises workloads to AWS.
• Define and enforce cloud architecture standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, security, and DevOps teams to integrate cloud solutions with existing systems.
• Architect and manage AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and container orchestration (EKS, ECS, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and automation for cloud deployments.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and operational standards; perform regular architecture and security reviews.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineering teams; conduct training on AWS best practices.
• Evaluate and recommend new AWS services and third-party tools to enhance cloud capabilities and cost efficiency.
• Maintain detailed documentation of cloud architectures, processes, and configurations.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5+ years in cloud architecture, specifically on AWS.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (or equivalent advanced AWS certification).
• Proven expertise in designing, deploying, and managing large-scale AWS cloud environments.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services, cloud security, networking, storage, and database management.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, etc.) and experience with IaC tools (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS).
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work with diverse technical and business teams.