Overview
Hybrid3 Day On-Site
$65 - $75
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Able to Provide Sponsorship
Skills
.NET
Amazon SageMaker
Apache JMeter
Amazon Web Services
Cloud Architecture
Communication
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Cost Management
DevOps
DevSecOps
Docker
Grafana
HIPAA
Incident Management
Java
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Load Testing
Microservices
Optimization
Migration
Problem Solving
Reliability Engineering
Scalability
Software Engineering
Terraform
Virtual Private Cloud
Job Details
!!!!! FINAL ROUND IN PERSON INTERVIEW MUST !!!! Overview
We are seeking an AWS Application & Site Reliability Architect to design, implement, and optimize cloud-native applications and infrastructure on AWS. This role combines expertise in application architecture, DevOps/SRE practices, and cloud infrastructure automation to ensure highly scalable, secure, and reliable systems.
Key Responsibilities
1. Application Architecture
Design and implement cloud-native applications on AWS using microservices, containers, and serverless patterns.
Define application modernization strategies for legacy workloads migrating to AWS.
Provide guidance on API design, service integration, and event-driven architecture.
Establish best practices for performance, scalability, and cost optimization.
2. SRE / Reliability Engineering
Architect and implement observability solutions (monitoring, logging, tracing, metrics, and alerting) using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
Define SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets for critical services.
Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and postmortem reviews.
Build resiliency frameworks (auto-healing, chaos testing, failover strategies).
3. DevOps & Automation
Implement CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Harness, etc.).
Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC (Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation).
Support Kubernetes/EKS and container orchestration for scalable applications.
Drive release engineering and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, feature flags).
4. Security & Compliance
Architect with AWS security best practices (IAM, encryption, VPC, Secrets Manager, KMS).
Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (SOC2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.).
Integrate DevSecOps practices into pipelines.
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture, or SRE roles.
5+ years of AWS hands-on experience across compute, networking, storage, and security.
Strong expertise in Java/.NET Core/Python microservices.
Solid knowledge of Kubernetes/EKS, Docker, and serverless (Lambda, Step Functions).
Proven experience in observability (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
Proficiency in Terraform / AWS CDK / CloudFormation.
Strong background in SRE principles (SLOs, error budgets, incident management).
Familiarity with cost management and FinOps best practices.
Nice to Have
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional / DevOps Engineer.
Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies.
Knowledge of ML Ops on AWS (SageMaker, AI/ML pipelines).
Background in performance/load testing tools (K6, JMeter).
Soft Skills
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Excellent collaboration with development, operations, and business teams.
Ability to mentor engineers and lead architecture discussions.
Strong communication and documentation skills.
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