AWS Architect

We are seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design, migration, and optimization of large-scale cloud solutions on AWS. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with cloud architecture, legacy-to-cloud migrations, security, and cost optimization, while working closely with business and engineering stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and implement scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud solutions
• Lead cloud migration initiatives (re-host, re-platform, re-architect) from on-premises or other clouds to AWS
• Define cloud architecture standards, reference architectures, and best practices
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to cloud engineers and DevOps teams
• Collaborate with application, security, networking, and data teams to ensure end-to-end solutions
• Implement high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies
• Ensure cloud security and compliance using AWS Well-Architected Framework and security best practices
• Optimize performance and cloud costs using monitoring, automation, and FinOps principles
• Review and approve architecture designs, infrastructure code, and deployment strategies
• Support pre-sales, RFPs, and client workshops when required

Cloud Architecture & Strategy

• Design and own end-to-end AWS cloud architectures aligned with business and technical requirements
• Define cloud migration strategies (re-host, re-platform, re-factor, re-architect, retire, retain)
• Establish AWS best practices, standards, and reference architectures
• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders on cloud adoption and modernization

Migration Leadership:

• Lead large-scale on-premise to AWS and data center exit initiatives
• Perform application and infrastructure assessments using AWS migration frameworks
• Define migration roadmaps, dependency mapping, and cutover strategies
• Drive use of AWS migration tools such as AWS Migration Hub, Application Discovery Service, DMS, Snowball, and SCT

Required Skills & Experience:

• 8+ years of overall IT experience with 5+ years in AWS cloud architecture
• Strong hands-on experience with core AWS services:
• Compute: EC2, Auto Scaling, Lambda, ECS/EKS
• Storage: S3, EBS, EFS
• Databases: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB
• Networking: VPC, Subnets, Route 53, ALB/NLB, Direct Connect, VPN
• Proven experience in large-scale cloud migrations and modernization programs
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC): CloudFormation, Terraform
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools (Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline)
• Solid understanding of security concepts: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray