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AWS Cloud Architect

Cloud and ThingsNew York, NY🇺🇸United StatesPosted 24 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

You will shape transformative AWS cloud architectures for the public sector, gaining valuable experience in enterprise cloud frameworks and governance within a hybrid work environment. This role is ideal for a skilled architect eager to solve complex IT challenges and drive significant impact. Apply now to be part of Cloud and Things' mission to modernize government technology.

Quick Overview

Salary
€70/hr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description


Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of transforming the public sector’s IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government''s most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things. 

*This is an exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience*

Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid: 3 days onsite/2 days remote)
Duration: 12 Months (with potential for extension)
Start Date: estimated August 12, 2026
Hourly Rate: W2 $60-$70/hour
Application Deadline: July 29, 2026


Overview:

We are seeking an AWS Cloud Architect who will support our NYC client.
This senior-level role will define scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient AWS cloud architectures while establishing enterprise cloud frameworks, standards, governance models, policies, and implementation playbooks. The architect will partner with business and technology teams to assess requirements, design multi-cloud and hybrid solutions, guide engineering teams, and support cloud adoption, migration, automation, security, networking, performance, and cost-management initiatives.



Duties:
  • Develop scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-efficient AWS cloud architectures aligned with organizational goals and cybersecurity policies.
  • Engage business users and technology teams to assess requirements and translate them into implementable multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud solution architectures.
  • Define and maintain cloud architecture frameworks, governance models, policies, technical standards, reference patterns, and implementation playbooks.
  • Evaluate application readiness for cloud adoption and develop detailed migration strategies, roadmaps, and on-premises-to-cloud integration approaches.
  • Produce comprehensive architecture documentation and Microsoft Visio diagrams for cloud platforms, networking, security, integrations, and migration solutions.
  • Design and govern multi-account AWS Organizations and support multi-subscription Azure tenant architectures.
  • Architect solutions using AWS compute, storage, analytics, database, serverless, container, networking, monitoring, backup, and disaster-recovery services.
  • Support Azure architecture efforts involving compute, storage, analytics, databases, serverless services, containers, networking, security, and monitoring.
  • Guide engineering teams and augment cloud engineering activities involving AWS CloudShell, Azure Cloud Shell, PowerShell, CLI tools, and infrastructure automation.
  • Advance Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM, or Pulumi and support CI/CD automation through GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.
  • Automate configuration management using Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
  • Implement cloud security controls and zero-trust practices using IAM, RBAC, WAF, Security Groups, NACLs, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Secrets Manager, Azure Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, encryption, and monitoring.
  • Design hybrid network connectivity using VPCs, vNets, hub-and-spoke models, Transit Gateway, peering, load balancers, VPNs, Direct Connect, and ExpressRoute.
  • Implement disaster recovery and backup strategies that meet regulatory compliance and defined RTO/RPO requirements.
  • Optimize cloud costs and performance using AWS Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, Savings Plans, Azure Advisor, reservations, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and FinOps practices.
  • Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, networking, availability, performance, and service issues using cloud-native logging, monitoring, tracing, and flow-analysis tools.
  • Collaborate with Network, Server, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Finance, and Procurement teams and communicate complex technical concepts in business-friendly language.
  • Participate in cloud strategy planning, architecture reviews, technical discussions, and enterprise technology decision-making.


Mandatory Qualifications:
  • 6+ years of hands-on AWS cloud architecture experience, including deep knowledge of AWS platforms, services, architecture frameworks, governance, standards, and policies.
  • 2+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure cloud architecture and services.
  • 4+ years of experience designing hybrid on-premises/cloud and multi-cloud solutions, including interoperability and on-premises-to-cloud integrations.
  • 4+ years of cloud networking experience with VPCs, vNets, hub-and-spoke architecture, Transit Gateway, peering, load balancers, VPNs, Direct Connect, and ExpressRoute.
  • 4+ years of Cloud DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, automation, and CI/CD experience.
  • 2+ years of cloud security and compliance experience involving IAM, RBAC, network security controls, encryption, logging, monitoring, secrets management, and cloud security frameworks.
  • 1+ years of cloud cost optimization and FinOps experience.
  • 2+ years of experience producing cloud architecture diagrams and technical documentation using Microsoft Visio.
  • Experience efficiently managing multi-account AWS Organizations and multi-subscription Azure tenants.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS CloudShell, Azure Cloud Shell, PowerShell, or command-line interfaces.
  • Strong knowledge of AWS compute, storage, analytics, database, serverless, container, networking, monitoring, backup, and disaster-recovery services.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure compute, storage, analytics, database, serverless, container, networking, monitoring, backup, and disaster-recovery services.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM, or Pulumi for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Experience developing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.
  • Experience with configuration-management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
  • Knowledge of zero-trust architecture and security frameworks such as CIS, NIST, or ISO 27001.
  • Experience implementing disaster-recovery and backup strategies aligned with regulatory compliance and RTO/RPO requirements.
  • Experience with cloud performance monitoring, availability monitoring, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, auto-scaling, caching, and load balancing.
  • Strong stakeholder-engagement skills with the ability to assess business requirements, guide engineers, collaborate across technical and nontechnical teams, and communicate complex concepts clearly.



Desirable Qualifications:
  • Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
  • Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk or Chronicle Security.
  • Experience with CDN and edge services such as CloudFront, Global Accelerator, Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, or Akamai.
  • Experience supporting OpenShift environments.


Educational & Certification Requirements:
  • Current AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification is strongly preferred; certification credentials should be submitted when applicable.
  • Current Microsoft Azure certification is a plus.




                                            Ready to make a difference?

We’re eager to connect with qualified candidates committed to delivering results and fostering excellence within client projects.



Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. 

AI-Assisted Resume Evaluation Notice
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Notice to Candidates
Cloud and Things utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist our recruiting team in evaluating candidate applications for streamlining; consistency, efficiency, and thoroughness.  All hiring decisions are ultimately made by our human recruiting professionals.

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Shell
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CloudFormation
Cloudflare
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Puppet
REST
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