Job Title:  Sr. AWS Cloud Architect

Job Location: Plano, TX 75024 (Onsite)

Job Type: 12+ Month Contract

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Work with hybrid Infra architectures – on prem and AWS Infrastructure set up for Applications.
• Define and analyze the architecture of On Prem Infrastructure for Applications (Network, Storage, Processing, Backup/DR etc). Defining the ‘right fit’ Architecture for Applications in AWS Cloud as per best practices and standards.
• Design and provision Infrastructure on AWS Cloud as part of the onprem migration of Applications.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure capacity planning, monitoring, upgrades, IaaC automations using Terraform, Ansible, CICD using Jenkins/Github Actions.
• Strong understanding of how to secure AWS environments and meet compliance requirements.
• Solid foundation of networking.
• Working with engineering teams to define best practices and processes as appropriate to support the entire infrastructure lifecycle – Plan, Build, Deploy, and Operate such as automate lifecycle activities – self-service, orchestration and provisioning, configuration management.
• Define technology roadmaps and infrastructure direction.
• Drive continuous improvement including design, and standardization of process and methodologies.
• Assess feasibility, complexity and scope of new capabilities and solutions.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders/teams (architecture and infrastructure delivery teams) to ensure consistent solution design and integration.
• Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools."

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Minimum 15+ years of experience in working with hybrid Infra architectures – on prem and AWS Infrastructure set up for Applications.
• Experience in defining and analyzing the architecture of On Prem Infrastructure for Applications (Network, Storage, Processing, Backup/DR etc). Defining the ‘right fit’ Architecture for Applications in AWS Cloud as per best practices and standards.
• Experience in designing and provisioning Infrastructure on AWS Cloud as part of the onprem migration of Applications.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure capacity planning, monitoring, upgrades, IaaC automations using Terraform, Ansible, CICD using Jenkins/Github Actions.
• Strong understanding of how to secure AWS environments and meet compliance requirements.
• Solid foundation of networking.
• Experience working with engineering teams to define best practices and processes as appropriate to support the entire infrastructure lifecycle – Plan, Build, Deploy, and Operate such as automate lifecycle activities – self-service, orchestration and provisioning, configuration management.
• Experience defining technology roadmaps and infrastructure direction.
• Drive continuous improvement including design, and standardization of process and methodologies.
• Experience assessing feasibility, complexity and scope of new capabilities and solutions.
• Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders/teams (architecture and infrastructure delivery teams) to ensure consistent solution design and integration.
• Ability to learn/use a wide variety of open-source technologies and tools.
• Required Certifications: AWS Certified Solution Architect."