AWS Cloud Solutions Architect

Project: RFP Job Summary

We are looking for a Cloud Solutions Architect to lead the design and delivery of a cloud observability platform. You will own the end-to-end architecture of a transversal platform covering logs, metrics, and traces on AWS, with OTEL as the selected toolset. This is a high-impact, client-facing role requiring both strategic thinking and the ability to get hands‑on when it matters.

You will work directly with the client's infrastructure platform team and multiple work streams, in a regulated environment where compliance, security, and delivery pace are equally critical.

• Validate and finalise the cloud observability architecture, producing Architecture Decision Records aligned with cyber and compliance requirements
• Define telemetry standards: log format and retention tiers, metric taxonomy, and trace propagation model
• Design the Open Telemetry Collector layer and its integration with AWS
• Lead compliance guardrail specification: data residency, log immutability, and sensitive data redaction before telemetry leaves the cloud environment
• Act as the primary architectural stakeholder across all work streams
• Define onboarding standards and IaC patterns enabling self-service adoption by project teams at scale
• Deliver a structured knowledge transfer programme to the client's internal platform team
• Produce production‑ready documentation, runbooks, and telemetry standards
• 8+ years of hands‑on cloud infrastructure experience, with at least 3 years focused on observability platforms
• Proven experience with OTEL platforms like Grafana Cloud or Grafana OSS: dashboards, alerting, data sources, and RBAC
• Strong command of Open Telemetry:
  Collector configuration, exporters, pipelines, and instrumentation patterns
• Experience designing observability platforms in regulated industries
• Solid understanding of data residency constraints and audit‑grade logging requirements
• IaC proficiency with Terraform; ability to produce reusable, team‑consumable modules
• Experience leading architecture validation workshops and producing architecture decision records
• Fluent in French

• AWS certifications (AWS Associate/ Professional levels)
• Experience with AWS Distro for Open Telemetry (ADOT)
• Prior experience in financial services or regulated industries
• Experience designing and leading knowledge transfer and team enablement programmes