Senior AWS Architect - Independent Consultant
Listed on 2026-09-12
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IT/Tech
AWS, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer
Senior AWS Architect
Raleigh, NC
Mandatory SkillsAWC Cloud Architecture exp Terraform and Infrastructure as Code Docker and Kubernetesmicroservices and API architectures.
Senior AWS Solutions Architect with Full stack development Role SummaryThe AWS Solutions Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and implementing secure, scalable, resilient cloud solutions supporting enterprise banking applications and modernization initiatives. This role partners with business, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams to define cloud strategies, establish architecture standards, and drive adoption of AWS cloud capabilities while ensuring compliance, security, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities- Design enterprise-scale AWS architectures supporting modernization initiatives.
- Define cloud migration and transformation strategies.
- Develop reference architectures, reusable patterns, and architecture standards.
- Lead architecture reviews and technology evaluations.
- Create secure cloud designs aligned with regulatory requirements.
- Partner with development teams to implement cloud-native solutions.
- Define multi-region and disaster recovery architectures.
- Establish Infrastructure as Code standards using Terraform and Cloud Formation.
- Drive container and Kubernetes adoption strategies.
- Design API-first and event-driven integration patterns.
- Collaborate with Security and Risk teams to satisfy governance requirements.
- Optimize cloud cost, performance, and reliability.
- Mentor engineers and solution architects.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years IT experience.
- 5+ years AWS architecture experience.
- Experience designing enterprise-scale cloud platforms.
- Experience with cloud migration programs.
- Strong AWS networking, security, and compute expertise.
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with microservices and API architectures.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification
- Financial Services or Banking experience
- Experience with AI/ML platforms.
- Experience with event-driven architectures.
- Experience in enterprise modernization programs.
- AWS
- AWS Organizations
- AWS Control Tower
- AWS Landing Zone
- Multi-Account Strategy
- EC2
- ECS
- EKS
- Lambda
- Fargate
- S3
- EFS
- FSx
- AWS Backup
- PostgreSQL
- RDS
- Aurora
- DynamoDB
- Redshift
- VPC
- Transit Gateway
- Route 53
- Direct Connect
- API Gateway
- Cloud Front
- IAM
- KMS
- Secrets Manager
- Guard Duty
- Security Hub
- AWS Config
- WAF
- Shield
Cloud security, IAM, governance, and compliance are recurring themes in Truist cloud architecture roles.
Dev Ops & Automation- Git Lab
- Git Hub
- Jenkins
- Terraform
- Cloud Formation
- AWS CDK
- Ansible
Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Cloud Formation, and AWS CDK are explicitly referenced in architecture-related roles.
Containerization- Docker
- Kubernetes
- EKS
Cloud-native, microservices, containers, and Kubernetes-based deployments are emphasized in architecture positions.
Observability- Cloud Watch
- Splunk
- ELK
- Datadog
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- Event Bridge
- SQS
- SNS
- Kafka
- Python
- Java
- Node.js
- Power Shell
- Bash
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