AWS Infra Architect

AWS Infra Architect

Location:

Atlanta, GA (Onsite)

Duration:
Full-time

Job Description

• 10+ years of IT experience, with 5–7+ years in AWS cloud architecture
• Proven experience designing large-scale, enterprise-grade AWS environments
• Strong hands-on expertise in:
• AWS core services and architecture patterns
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Cloud Formation / CDK)
• Linux/Windows systems administration
• Strong understanding of:
• Cloud security and governance
• Networking (DNS, TCP/IP, VPN, Load Balancers)
• Experience with scripting or programming:
• Python, Bash, Power Shell
• Define enterprise-level AWS cloud architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Design highly available, scalable, and secure architectures aligned to business goals.
• Lead cloud transformation and migration initiatives (on-prem → AWS / hybrid).
• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Architect and implement solutions using core AWS services:
• Compute: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
• Databases: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB
• Networking: VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect
• Design multi-region and disaster recovery (DR) strategies.
• Act as a technical leader and mentor for engineering teams.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product teams, and leadership.
• Drive architectural discussions and decision-making across teams.
• Implement enterprise-grade security using:
• IAM, KMS, Guard Duty, AWS Security Hub, WAF, Shield
• Ensure compliance with frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, etc.).
• Define security architectures including zero-trust and least privilege principles.
• Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using:
• Terraform, Cloud Formation, AWS CDK
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
• Integrate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines.
• Design and manage complex AWS networking environments:
• Multi-VPC architecture, peering, Transit Gateway
• Hybrid connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect)
• Optimize network performance, latency, and security.
• Enable Dev Ops best practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Support containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
• Architect microservices and serverless frameworks.
• Implement cost optimization strategies (Fin Ops):
• Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Right-sizing
• Optimize application performance using auto-scaling, caching, and load balancing.
• Implement observability using:
• Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, X-Ray, Prometheus, Grafana
• Define SLAs, SLOs, and error budgets.
• Lead incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.