AWS Cloud Platform Architect

AWS Cloud Platform Architect
100% remote
Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance
W2 employment only
NO C2C 

Responsibilities:
•    Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud architectures for enterprise applications, data platforms, and mission-critical services.
•    Develop end-to-end infrastructure solutions, including high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region strategies.
•    Define migration strategies for transitioning on-premises workloads to AWS and contribute to cloud strategy and technology roadmaps.
•    Oversee infrastructure as code deployments using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
•    Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline software deployments and infrastructure updates.
•    Implement observability, monitoring, and logging using AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and approved third-party tools.
•    Design cloud architectures that meet security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements, including HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2, as applicable.
•    Apply IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking patterns across AWS environments.
•    Partner with developers, DevOps engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable cloud solutions aligned to mission needs.
•    Diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues to maintain performance, reliability, and operational stability.
•    Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance while staying current with emerging cloud technologies and recommending improvements.

Requirements:
•    U.S. citizenship or status is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance.
•    Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
•    Minimum 8 years of relevant IT infrastructure experience in AWS cloud architecture, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.
•    Deep expertise with AWS services, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudFormation, WorkSpaces, and Snowball.
•    Strong knowledge of cloud networking, including VPCs, VPNs, Direct Connect, load balancing, and secure network design.
•    Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Puppet, or Ansible.
•    Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitLab CI.
•    Strong development and scripting experience with Python, Boto3, Bash, and SQL.
•    Experience defining and enforcing policies for access roles, change management, operational workflows, code standards, compliance, infrastructure tooling, and budget controls.
•    Experience managing cloud security and governance services such as AWS Control Tower, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Security Hub, AWS CloudTrail, and GitHub organization-level administration.
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
•    Proven ability to work independently while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to solve complex operational and reliability challenges.
•    What Would Be Nice To Have
•    AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.
•    AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
•    AWS Certified Security – Specialty or other relevant AWS certification.

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