Job Opportunity for AWS Cloud Architect - Remote

Job Opportunity for AWS Cloud Architect - Remote

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Summary: The AWS Cloud Architect role focuses on designing scalable AWS environments and implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform. The position requires collaboration with security teams to ensure compliance and governance while also integrating DevOps practices into CI/CD pipelines. The role is remote and emphasizes mentorship and architectural guidance for engineering teams. Candidates should possess strong technical expertise in AWS and Terraform, along with relevant certifications and experience.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design of scalable AWS landing zones, environments, and network topologies.
  • Define infrastructure patterns for dev, QA, staging, and production environments.
  • Architect resilient and compliant environments supporting enterprise workloads.
  • Implement infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform.
  • Create reusable Terraform modules for various AWS services.
  • Use GitOps practices for version-controlled infrastructure.
  • Define and implement guardrails and policies for cloud governance.
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams.
  • Integrate Terraform provisioning into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Support automated environment provisioning and teardown.
  • Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
  • Architect secure and scalable solutions on AWS.
  • Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning.
  • Define architecture blueprints and cloud migration strategies.
  • Set up and manage various AWS services.
  • Establish CI/CD pipelines integrated with Terraform.
  • Work closely with application, DevOps, and InfoSec teams.
  • Conduct performance tuning and cost optimization.
  • Create detailed technical documentation and runbooks.
  • Provide mentorship and architectural guidance to engineers.

Key Skills:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years hands-on experience designing AWS environments.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Terraform.
  • Deep understanding of AWS security, networking, and IAM.
  • Experience managing multi-account AWS environments.
  • Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and cost management.
  • Experience with EKS, Lambda, and hybrid IaC tools.
  • Strong documentation skills.
  • Strategic mindset with hands-on ability.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Position: AWS Cloud Architect

Location: Remote

Job type: contract

Primary Responsibilities Cloud Architecture & Design

  • Lead the design of scalable AWS landing zones, environments, and network topologies (multi-account strategy, VPC design, shared services, security boundaries).
  • Define infrastructure patterns for dev, QA, staging, and production environments in alignment with business and security requirements.
  • Architect resilient and compliant environments supporting enterprise workloads, including high availability, backup/restore, DR, and monitoring strategies.


Terraform-Based Environment Execution

  • Implement infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform with remote state management, module reuse, and workspace isolation.
  • Create reusable Terraform modules for VPCs, IAM roles/policies, EC2, RDS, ALBs, EKS, CloudFront, etc.
  • Use GitOps practices for version-controlled infrastructure and promote IaC best practices across teams.


Cloud Governance & Security

  • Define and implement guardrails and policies using tools like AWS Config, Control Tower, and Service Control Policies (SCPs).
  • Collaborate with security and compliance teams to align infrastructure with enterprise risk and audit frameworks.


DevOps & Automation (Secondary Focus)

  • Integrate Terraform provisioning into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
  • Support automated environment provisioning and teardown in test/stage pipelines.
  • Implement automated monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions (CloudWatch, Datadog, ELK).
  • Architect secure and scalable solutions on AWS for enterprise applications and workloads.
  • Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure provisioning using Terraform modules and workspaces.
  • Define architecture blueprints, cloud migration strategies, and DevOps integration.
  • Set up and manage VPCs, IAM, EC2, EKS/ECS, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, Route53, and other AWS services.
  • Establish CI/CD pipelines integrated with Terraform for infrastructure deployment.
  • Work closely with application, DevOps, and InfoSec teams to ensure compliance and automation of cloud operations.
  • Conduct performance tuning, cost optimization, and provide disaster recovery planning.
  • Create detailed technical documentation, diagrams, and runbooks.
  • Provide mentorship and architectural guidance to engineers and developers.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or equivalent real-world experience.
  • 3+ years hands-on experience designing and building production-grade AWS environments.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Terraform, including module creation, state handling, and pipeline integration.
  • Deep understanding of AWS security, networking, IAM, KMS, VPC peering, and Transit Gateway configurations.
  • Experience managing multi-account AWS environments using Organizations, Control Tower, and SSO.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with DevSecOps principles, cost management, and FinOps practices.
  • Experience with EKS, Lambda, CloudFormation, or hybrid use of IaC tools.
  • Exposure to cloud migration, hybrid architecture, and on-prem to AWS transitions.
  • Strong documentation skills, including HLD/LLD, security controls, and operational runbooks.


Soft Skills

  • Strategic mindset with hands-on ability.
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead by example in automation and design quality.
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