Cloud Architect

Job summary

The Cloud Architect will design and implement scalable AWS infrastructure while managing disaster recovery, security, and governance. They will also oversee CI/CD pipelines, system administration, and financial optimization of cloud resources.

Job details

"Key Responsibilities 1. AWS Architecture Design & Implementation • Design & Support: Architect and amend cloud infrastructure with a focus on high availability, fault tolerance, and workload optimization. • Core Networking: Administer and optimize advanced AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway (TGW), VPNs, VPC Endpoints, PrivateLink, Peering, Route Tables, and NACLs. • Traffic Management: Configure and manage Application Load Balancers (ALB) and Network Load Balancers (NLB) • IP Management: Handle VPC subnetting and CIDR block/mask administration. 2. Disaster Recovery (DR) & Business Continuity • DR Strategy: Design and implement robust DR solutions utilizing AWS native services to meet strict business RTO and RPO objectives. • Replication & Backup: Leverage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (EDR), AWS Backup, S3 Multi-Region Access Points (MRAP), and RDS/Redshift cross-region replication. • Cross-Region Operations: Lead upcoming DR testing initiatives to ensure infrastructure and applications seamlessly restore in us-east-1 within established RTOs. 3. Security, Governance & Identity Management • Access Control: Manage IAM, AWS Identity Center, Control Tower, and AWS Landing Zone environments. • Data Protection: Utilize multi-region AWS Custom KMS keys for data encryption. • Compliance & Auditing: Analyze AWS Security Hub findings, drive remediation efforts, and enforce compliance using AWS Config and strict resource tagging policies. 4. DevOps, Automation & CI/CD • Infrastructure as Code (IaaC): Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation. • Pipeline Management: Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab (or similar Git tools) and configure GitLab Runners. • Configuration Management: Utilize Ansible for automated configuration and deployment. • Repository Governance: Administer Git branching strategies, including permissions, code promotion, and pull request reviews. 5. System Administration & Operations • OS Support: Perform system administration, troubleshooting, and resource provisioning across both Windows and Linux environments. • Patching & Vulnerability: Conduct routine vulnerability assessments and manage monthly system patching cycles. • Data & AI Provisioning: Spin up and manage Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, and standard compute instances. • L1 Troubleshooting: Support basic troubleshooting for AWS Lambda functions and AWS Glue data jobs. 6. Financial & Performance Optimization • Cost Optimization: Analyze AWS Cost Optimizer data to identify savings opportunities. • Executive Reporting: Deliver weekly and monthly billing and utilization reports for HCCA management. • Monitoring & Observability: Build custom CloudWatch Dashboards." “Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.” *Disclaimer: This E-Mail may contain Confidential and/or legally privileged Information and is meant for the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this e-mail in error and are not the intended recipient/s, kindly notify us at itsupport@tekshapers.com and then delete this e-mail immediately from your system. You are also hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution, and/or publication of this e-mail, its contents, or its attachment/s other than by its intended recipient/s is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Internet communication cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be delayed, intercepted, corrupted, lost, or contain viruses. Tekshapers. does not accept any liability for any errors, omissions, viruses or computer problems experienced by any recipient as a result of this e-mail.

What you’ll do

The Cloud Architect will design and implement scalable AWS infrastructure while managing disaster recovery, security, and governance. They will also oversee CI/CD pipelines, system administration, and financial optimization of cloud resources.

Requirements

The role requires extensive experience in AWS networking, security, and infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation. Candidates must be proficient in managing both Windows and Linux environments and possess strong skills in CI/CD pipeline maintenance.

Listed skills

• CI/CD · Preferred
• Amazon Web Services · Preferred
• Windows · Preferred
• Linux · Preferred
• Terraform · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• AWS
• Cloud Architecture
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• GitLab
• Ansible
• IAM
• VPC
• Disaster Recovery
• CI/CD
• Linux
• Windows
• Amazon Bedrock
• SageMaker
• Network Security
• Cost Optimization

Job areas

• Technology
• Software
• Engineering
• Data & Analytics
• Consulting