AWS Cloud Architect

Job Title: AWS Cloud Architect
Location: Lafayette, LA
Type: Direct Hire
Work Model: Onsite – onsite
Hours: 40.0
Security Clearance: Not specified

Overview
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Responsibilities

• Support the development and modernization of enterprise cloud solutions within a large scale financial services environment.
• Provide technical leadership for cloud migrations, cloud native solutions, platform capabilities, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Work closely with enterprise and solution architecture teams, application development teams, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, data teams, and business stakeholders to define practical, scalable, resilient, and cost effective AWS solutions.
• Define and guide AWS cloud architecture for enterprise applications, platforms, infrastructure, and modernization initiatives.
• Partner with application and infrastructure teams to plan and execute migrations from on premises environments to AWS.
• Develop and maintain reusable AWS reference architectures, cloud patterns, standards, and implementation guidance.
• Evaluate application and infrastructure requirements and recommend appropriate AWS services and deployment approaches.
• Support cloud native application strategies using containers, APIs, serverless technologies, and managed AWS services.
• Provide technical guidance for highly available, scalable, resilient, and cost effective AWS environments.
• Guide AWS networking, compute, storage, database, integration, identity, monitoring, and automation approaches.
• Support architecture reviews, technology evaluations, and application path to production activities.
• Partner with DevOps and engineering teams to promote infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Help teams apply AWS Well Architected Framework principles and enterprise cloud standards.
• Evaluate technical dependencies, risks, performance considerations, and cloud costs when recommending solutions.
• Collaborate across architecture, application development, infrastructure, operations, data, and governance teams.
• Clearly document and communicate technical recommendations, cloud patterns, and architecture decisions to technical and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, application, or cloud technologies.
• 5+ years of hands on AWS experience, including enterprise scale cloud implementations and migrations.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS services across compute, storage, networking, databases, integration, identity, and monitoring.
• Experience developing AWS solutions for high availability, scalability, resiliency, performance, and cost optimization.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing, DNS, and connectivity to on premises environments.
• Experience with enterprise cloud migration and application modernization initiatives.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Understanding of containers and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Amazon ECS, and/or Amazon EKS.
• Experience with cloud native and serverless AWS technologies such as Lambda, API Gateway, and managed AWS services.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and automated cloud deployments.
• Familiarity with AWS monitoring and observability capabilities, including CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
• Working knowledge of the AWS Well Architected Framework and cloud governance best practices.
• Ability to evaluate technical requirements and translate them into practical AWS solutions.
• Strong communication and documentation skills with the ability to work across engineering, architecture, operations, and business teams.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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