AWS Cloud Architect

Job Role - AWS Cloud Architect

Location - Charlotte, NC(Onsite) - Local North Carolina/South Carolina candidates only

Job Type - Full Time

Local North Carolina/South Carolina candidates onl

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Job Descriptio

n:
Role Overv

iewAs an AWS Cloud Architect, you will serve as the strategic visionary and technical leader responsible for designing, developing, and overseeing the organization's entire cloud computing ecosystem. This role blends advanced technical mastery of Amazon Web Services (AWS) with strategic business acumen to transform legacy workloads into scalable, resilient, highly secure, and cost-optimized cloud-native environments. You will lead cloud migration strategies, establish governance frameworks, and collaborate with key stakeholders to align our cloud roadmap with overall business objectiv

es.
Key Responsibili

ties1. Cloud Strategy & Architectural De

• signBlueprint Creation: Design end-to-end cloud architectures that prioritize high availability, fault tolerance, and seamless disaster recovery (DR) capabilit
• ies.Migration Strategy: Lead complex cloud migration efforts, formulating robust strategies (e.g., re-platforming, re-architecting) to securely transition legacy on-premises applications and big data systems to
• AWS.Strategic Roadmap: Create and govern cloud adoption roadmaps, establishing standards for containerization, serverless architectures, and API management across the enterpr

ise.2. Security, Compliance & Govern

• anceSecure by Design: Establish secure cloud landing zones using AWS Control Tower, Organizations, and IAM Identity Center, enforcing strict, least-privilege security boundar
• ies.Compliance Standards: Design network security frameworks (VPCs, firewalls, transit gateways) and encryption standards (KMS, CloudHSM) that comply with global regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, NI

ST).3. FinOps & Platform Optimiza

• tionCost Optimization: Conduct architectural reviews (using the AWS Well-Architected Framework) to optimize cloud resources, reduce operational spend, and model cloud budg
• ets.Performance Engineering: Establish baseline metrics for monitoring and telemetry, designing auto-scaling policies and optimizing global content delivery (CloudFront, Global Accelerat

or).4. Technical Leadership & Collabora

• tionTechnical Mentorship: Act as the primary technical advisor to engineering, DevOps, and database teams, helping translate architectural blueprints into functional c
• ode.Stakeholder Alignment: Confidently present cloud strategies, cost projections, and technical roadmaps to C-level executives and non-technical stakehold

ers.
Required Technical S

killsCat

egoryKey Architectures & AWS Ser

vicesCompute & Serve

rlessAWS EKS, ECS, Lambda, Fargate

, EC2Data & Storage Sy

stemsAmazon S3, EFS, DynamoDB, Aurora RDS, Redshift, AWS Glue

, EMREnterprise Integr

ationAWS Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Api Gateway, EventBridge

, SQSSecurity & Gover

nanceIAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudTrail, AWS Config, Control Tower, Guar

dDutyAutomation &

; IaCTerraform, AWS CloudFormation, An

sibleMonitoring & Tele

metryAWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Gr

afana
Qualifications & Expe

• rienceProfessional Experience: 12+ years in IT/Software Engineering, with at least 5+ years of dedicated experience architecting large-scale enterprise AWS sy
• stems.Cloud Migration Expertise: Proven track record of successfully migrating large databases and monolithic systems into microservice/containerized AWS environ
• ments.Deep IaC Mastery: Extensive experience defining multi-account environments using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudForma
• tion).Communication & Soft Skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to facilitate workshops, resolve architectural debates, and mentor senior engineering