Role: AWS Architecture
Location: Edison, NJ
Mode: Contract Job description AWS Cloud Architect AWS Professional Services ProServe
Experience
12-18 years overall IT experience with 7 years of handson AWS cloud architecture and transformation experience
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with a strong consulting and customerfacing background to lead largescale cloud transformation initiatives The architect will work closely with enterprise customers AWS stakeholders and delivery teams to design govern and implement secure scalable resilient and costoptimized cloud solutions on AWS
The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in cloud architecture migration modernization DevOps security and operational excellence while driving business outcomes through strategic cloud adoption
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Strategy Advisory
Lead cloud transformation and modernization programs for enterprise customers
Assess existing application and infrastructure landscapes and define cloud adoption strategies
Conduct architecture workshops discovery sessions and executivelevel discussions
Develop targetstate cloud architectures aligned with business and technology objectives
Drive AWS WellArchitected Framework reviews and remediation plans
Solution Architecture
Design endtoend AWS solutions covering
oCompute EC2 Lambda ECS EKS
oNetworking VPC Transit Gateway Route 53 Direct Connect
oStorage S3 EFS FSx
oDatabase Services RDS Aurora DynamoDB Redshift
oIntegration services API Gateway EventBridge SQS SNS
Design highly available faulttolerant and disaster recoveryenabled solutions
Define multiaccount AWS Landing Zone architectures
Cloud Migration Modernization
Lead application database and infrastructure migration initiatives
Develop migration strategies using AWS Migration Hub Application Migration Service MGN and Database Migration Service DMS
Drive modernization initiatives including
oMicroservices architecture
oContainerization
oServerless transformation
oEventdriven architectures
Security Governance
Implement AWS security best practices
Design IAM KMS Secrets Manager GuardDuty Security Hub and WAF solutions
Ensure compliance with enterprise security regulatory and governance requirements
Define guardrails and governance frameworks using AWS Control Tower and Organizations
DevOps Automation
Architect CICD pipelines using AWS native and enterprise DevOps tools
Enable Infrastructure as Code using
oTerraform
oAWS CloudFormation
oCDK
Drive automation for provisioning deployment monitoring and operations
Stakeholder Management
Engage with customer CXOs Enterprise Architects Program Managers and Engineering teams
Present architecture solutions migration approaches and business value propositions
Lead architecture reviews and obtain signoffs from customer stakeholders
Delivery Leadership
Provide technical leadership to implementation teams
Mentor cloud engineers and architects
Review solution designs and ensure adherence to architectural standards
Support presales pursuits solution proposals and effort estimations
Soft Skills
Excellent clientfacing and consulting skills
Strong stakeholder management abilities
Executive communication and presentation skills
Problemsolving and analytical thinking
Ability to lead globally distributed teams
Ideal Profile for AWS ProServe
Former AWS Professional Services consultantarchitect or equivalent
Experience leading enterprise cloud transformations valued at multimilliondollar engagements
Deep understanding of AWS WellArchitected Framework Migration Acceleration Program MAP Landing Zone Accelerator and enterprise governance models
Proven experience working directly with Clevel stakeholders and large global enterprises
Mandatory Skills : AWS Cloud Architecture