AWS Architect

Title: AWS Architect

Location: New Orleans, LA (Hybrid - 3 days a week onsite)

Full Time

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to design, implement, and govern scalable, secure, and reliable AWS cloud architectures. The role focuses on enterpriselevel cloud strategy, infrastructure design, security, and operational excellence while enabling development teams to build and deploy cloudnative applications effectively. The ideal candidate has deep AWS expertise, strong architecture design skills, and experience defining cloud governance, security guardrails, and best practices across multiple cloud workloads.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement secure, scalable cloud architectures using AWS solutions.

• Define multiaccount AWS strategy using AWS Organizations and Control Tower
• Design highly available, faulttolerant, and scalable architectures
• Create architecture blueprints, reference architectures, and design patterns
• Define cloud security architecture following AWS WellArchitected Framework

• Scan and install patches on EC2 servers.
• Configure and manage S3 storage solutions, ensuring secure access and compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate and deploy cloud resources, including tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Support and configure IAM Identity Center for identity and access management across the cloud environment.
• Develop and manage ETL pipelines using AWS Glue and Glue ETL.
• Create and manage cloud infrastructures using AWS ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, and other related services.
• Support and manage AWS EMR Serverless for big data processing and analytics.
• Implement AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Landing Zone Accelerator for centralized governance and resource management.
• Configure and manage AWS Security Hub to monitor, detect, and respond to security threats.
• Set up logging, monitoring, and alerting systems for cloud services.
• Manage and support Iceberg, RedShift, and Snowflake on AWS.
• Administer AWS Secrets Manager and KMS (Key Management Service) for secure handling of sensitive data.
• Troubleshoot and optimize cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure deployment of solutions.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of AWS experience with 3+ years of experience working as an AWS Architect
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3 buckets, Lambda, and Terraform.
• Hands on experience with Glue/Glue ETL, ECS, EMR Serverless, BedRock, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Security Hub,Logging & Alerting, Landing Zone accelerator, DynamoDB, KMS
• Familiarity with AWS security best practices and services such as KMS, Secrets Manager, and AWS Security Hub.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Experience supporting Iceberg, RedShift, and/or Snowflake is a plus.
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving issues in a cloud environment.