AWS Cloud Architect

AWS Cloud Architect 

NYC, NY (Hybrid) 3 days onsite/ 2 days remote

12+ Months Contract 

We are seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design, governance, and implementation of enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and hybrid cloud environments. The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to develop scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures, define cloud standards and best practices, support cloud migration initiatives, and drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption. This role also requires strong knowledge of hybrid on-premises infrastructure, cloud networking, security, automation, and cloud cost optimization.

Key Skills & Experience:

• AWS (6–10 years): EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation, CloudShell
• Azure (2–4 years): Virtual Machines, Storage, Azure SQL, Functions, App Services, Azure Cloud Shell
• Hybrid cloud architecture and on-premises integration
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Pulumi
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline)
• Cloud networking (VPC, vNet, VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Transit Gateway, Load Balancers)
• Cloud security (IAM, RBAC, WAF, GuardDuty, Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, CloudTrail)
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, AKS, OpenShift)
• Monitoring, disaster recovery, backup strategies, and FinOps (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Cost Explorer)
• Strong understanding of cloud governance, architecture frameworks, Microsoft Visio, and stakeholder communication.

Nice to Have: Experience with Google Cloud Platform or OCI, SIEM tools (Splunk, Chronicle), and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.