AWS Cloud Architect

12+ years in IT with at least 5+ years in AWS architecture roles.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture Design: Create highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure architectures leveraging AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, ECS/EKS, and CloudFront.

Payment Security Compliance: Ensure all solutions comply with PCI DSS and EMV standards for secure card transactions.

Biometric Data Handling: Design secure storage and processing workflows for facial recognition and identity verification systems.

Migration Strategy: Plan and execute migration of legacy applications and on-prem workloads to AWS.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Implement IaC using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible for automated provisioning and configuration.

CI/CD & DevOps Integration: Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS-native tools like CodePipeline and CodeBuild.

Security & Compliance: Apply AWS security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption, and compliance with payment industry standards.

Performance & Cost Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize AWS environments for cost efficiency, scalability, and performance using AWS Trusted Advisor, CloudWatch, and Cost Explorer.

Containerization & Orchestration: Architect containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) for microservices deployments.

Documentation & Governance: Maintain detailed architecture diagrams, standards, and operational procedures.

Required Skills & QualificationsExperience:

12+ years in IT with at least 5+ years in AWS architecture roles.

Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC) and advanced services (ECS/EKS, CloudFront, API Gateway).

Proficiency in Python or Java for automation and scripting.

Expertise in networking concepts, including VPC design, subnets, routing, and security groups.

Familiarity with PCI DSS compliance, tokenization, and secure payment workflows.

Experience with monitoring tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana) and logging solutions (ELK Stack).

Strong understanding of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code.

Preferred QualificationsAWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.

Experience with biometric authentication systems and secure identity management.

Knowledge of serverless architectures and event-driven design patterns.