Aws Architect

Senior AWS Architect Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AWS Architect with deep, hands-on expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing large-scale cloud environments. The ideal candidate is an AWS expert who is comfortable working with complex distributed systems, automation at scale, and modern AI/ML services to deliver high-performance, secure, and cost-optimized cloud solutions.

This role requires both architecture leadership and hands-on engineering, ensuring designs are not only strategic but also executable.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Design

Design highly scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant architectures using AWS best practices and the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Lead end-to-end solution design for enterprise-grade cloud applications, data platforms, and AI/ML workloads.

Architect and implement multi-account AWS organizations, landing zones, and guardrails.

Hands-On Engineering

Build, configure, and optimize services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, Redshift, and more.

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar tooling.

Develop automation for deployments, scaling, monitoring, and operational workflows.

AI/ML & Advanced Services

Architect and deploy AI and data-driven solutions using AWS AI/ML services: SageMaker, Bedrock, Comprehend, Rekognition, and related capabilities.

Build scalable data ingestion, ETL/ELT, and feature engineering pipelines using services like Kinesis, Glue, EMR, and Step Functions.

Collaborate with data scientists and engineering teams to productionize machine learning models.

Security, Governance & Compliance

Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM architecture, network segmentation, secrets management, encryption, and compliance controls (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA etc.).

Oversee configuration and auditing using AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, and CloudTrail.

Work with risk and governance teams to ensure adherence to enterprise security policies.

DevOps & Observability

Establish CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.

Set up robust monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, X-Ray, and third-party tools (Datadog, New Relic, Splunk).

Implement incident management, root-cause analysis, and performance tuning.

Collaboration & Leadership

Work closely with engineering leaders, product teams, and stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable cloud solutions.

Mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and define standards, best practices, and reusable architectures.

Drive cloud innovation initiatives, introduce new technologies, and promote cloud maturity across the organization.

Required Skills & Qualifications

10+ years of professional experience with cloud architecture and engineering, including at least 5 years of hands-on work in AWS.

Strong expertise across core AWS services, serverless technologies, container orchestration (EKS/ECS), and distributed systems.

Hands-on experience with AWS AI/ML stack (SageMaker, Bedrock, Lex, Polly, Comprehend, etc.).

Advanced understanding of networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, routing, VPN, Direct Connect).

Proficiency with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) and automation.

Strong programming/scripting skills in Python, Node.js, Go, or similar languages.

Deep understanding of cloud security, identity management, and compliance.

Experience with large-scale data processing and real-time data pipelines.

AWS Professional certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, or Machine Learning Specialty) strongly preferred.

Nice to Have

Experience with generative AI, LLM integration, retrieval systems, vector databases, and AI-powered application design.

Knowledge of hybrid/multi-cloud strategies or container platforms like Kubernetes outside AWS.

Familiarity with FinOps practices and AWS cost-optimization tooling.

Experience in high-availability fintech, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments.