AWS Architect (Only W2) - Remote

Summary: The AWS Architect role involves supporting Cloud Center of Excellence (COE) initiatives by defining AWS cloud architecture and governance. The architect will ensure alignment with AWS best practices and client standards while leading assessments and improvements related to AWS landing zones and Control Tower. This position requires strong expertise in various AWS services and a focus on enterprise cloud governance. The role is remote, with a preference for candidates in the EST or CST time zones.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead AWS landing zone and Control Tower / AFT assessments and improvements
• Define multi-account strategy, environment separation, and shared services model
• Design IAM architecture including roles, permission boundaries, and AWS Identity Center integration
• Define network architecture, segmentation, routing, and connectivity guardrails
• Establish enterprise tagging, naming standards, and security/compliance guardrails (SCP intent)
• Create and maintain AWS reference architectures and golden paths (EC2, ECS, EKS, Serverless)
• Define policy-as-code intent in collaboration with DevOps teams
• Provide architectural guidance for DR, resilience, RTO/RPO, and SRE fundamentals
• Review designs and provide architectural oversight for AWS workloads
• Develop COE documentation, standards, and onboarding materials

Key Skills:

• Strong expertise in AWS Organizations, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, and Security services
• Experience with enterprise cloud governance and compliance models
• Hands-on experience designing large-scale AWS architectures
• Strong understanding of security, networking, resilience, and cost optimization
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Prior experience setting up AWS Platform or Cloud COE will be preferred

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT