Principal AWS Platform Architect (EKS Modernization & Cloud Platform Engineering)

HMG America LLC is the best Business Solutions focused Information Technology Company with IT consulting and services, software and web development, staff augmentation and other professional services. One of our direct clients is looking for Principal AWS Platform Architect (EKS Modernization & Cloud Platform Engineering) in USA. Below is the detailed job description.

Title: Principal AWS Platform Architect (EKS Modernization & Cloud Platform Engineering)

Location: USA

Duration: Contract/FTE

Employment Type

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Principal AWS Cloud Platform Architect to lead a large-scale cloud modernization initiative involving Kubernetes platform engineering, multi-region AWS architecture, and cloud-native platform transformation.

The architect will serve as the technical authority for the platform modernization workstream, providing architecture leadership, customer advisory services, design governance, and production migration oversight.

This is a highly customer-facing role requiring deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes, infrastructure modernization, platform engineering, and large-scale production deployments.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Leadership

• Serve as the lead architect for AWS platform modernization initiatives.
• Define target-state cloud architecture and multi-region deployment patterns.
• Lead architecture workshops, technical reviews, and design governance activities.
• Establish cloud-native architecture standards and best practices.

Platform Engineering

• Design and review large-scale Amazon EKS environments.
• Provide guidance on Kubernetes architecture, scaling, resiliency, and operational readiness.
• Define deployment strategies for highly available and fault-tolerant workloads.
• Review infrastructure-as-code strategies and platform automation approaches.

Cloud Infrastructure

• Architect AWS networking solutions including:
  • VPCs
  • Transit Gateway
  • PrivateLink
  • Route53
  • Hybrid connectivity
• Design security and access patterns leveraging:
  • AWS WAF
  • API Gateway
  • IAM
  • Security services

Reliability & Operations

• Define multi-region high-availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Lead observability and monitoring strategy development.
• Support operational readiness reviews and production cutover activities.
• Define rollback and business continuity approaches.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary architecture advisor for customer stakeholders.
• Work with engineering, operations, infrastructure, and product teams.
• Present architecture recommendations to executive and technical audiences.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, or infrastructure consulting.
• 5+ years architecting enterprise-scale AWS environments.
• Deep expertise with:
  • Amazon EKS
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS Networking
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Cloud Security
• Experience designing highly available multi-region architectures.
• Strong understanding of:
  • API Gateway
  • PrivateLink
  • WAF
  • CloudWatch
  • OpenSearch
  • Amazon S3
  • Relational databases

Preferred Certification

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Desired Leadership Attributes

• Executive stakeholder management
• Consulting and advisory experience
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Architecture governance and design review leadership
• Production migration and modernization program experience