AWS Architect || Edison, NJ

Role: AWS Architecture
Location: Edison, NJ
Mode: Contract Job description
AWS Cloud Architect AWS Professional Services ProServe

Experience
12-18 years overall IT experience with 7 years of handson AWS cloud architecture and transformation experience

Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with a strong consulting and customerfacing background to lead largescale cloud transformation initiatives The architect will work closely with enterprise customers AWS stakeholders and delivery teams to design govern and implement secure scalable resilient and costoptimized cloud solutions on AWS

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in cloud architecture migration modernization DevOps security and operational excellence while driving business outcomes through strategic cloud adoption

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Strategy Advisory

Lead cloud transformation and modernization programs for enterprise customers

Assess existing application and infrastructure landscapes and define cloud adoption strategies

Conduct architecture workshops discovery sessions and executivelevel discussions

Develop targetstate cloud architectures aligned with business and technology objectives

Drive AWS WellArchitected Framework reviews and remediation plans

Solution Architecture

Design endtoend AWS solutions covering

oCompute EC2 Lambda ECS EKS

oNetworking VPC Transit Gateway Route 53 Direct Connect

oStorage S3 EFS FSx

oDatabase Services RDS Aurora DynamoDB Redshift

oIntegration services API Gateway EventBridge SQS SNS

Design highly available faulttolerant and disaster recoveryenabled solutions

Define multiaccount AWS Landing Zone architectures

Cloud Migration Modernization

Lead application database and infrastructure migration initiatives

Develop migration strategies using AWS Migration Hub Application Migration Service MGN and Database Migration Service DMS

Drive modernization initiatives including

oMicroservices architecture

oContainerization

oServerless transformation

oEventdriven architectures

Security Governance

Implement AWS security best practices

Design IAM KMS Secrets Manager GuardDuty Security Hub and WAF solutions

Ensure compliance with enterprise security regulatory and governance requirements

Define guardrails and governance frameworks using AWS Control Tower and Organizations

DevOps Automation

Architect CICD pipelines using AWS native and enterprise DevOps tools

Enable Infrastructure as Code using

oTerraform

oAWS CloudFormation

oCDK

Drive automation for provisioning deployment monitoring and operations

Stakeholder Management

Engage with customer CXOs Enterprise Architects Program Managers and Engineering teams

Present architecture solutions migration approaches and business value propositions

Lead architecture reviews and obtain signoffs from customer stakeholders

Delivery Leadership

Provide technical leadership to implementation teams

Mentor cloud engineers and architects

Review solution designs and ensure adherence to architectural standards

Support presales pursuits solution proposals and effort estimations

Soft Skills

Excellent clientfacing and consulting skills

Strong stakeholder management abilities

Executive communication and presentation skills

Problemsolving and analytical thinking

Ability to lead globally distributed teams

Ideal Profile for AWS ProServe

Former AWS Professional Services consultantarchitect or equivalent

Experience leading enterprise cloud transformations valued at multimilliondollar engagements

Deep understanding of AWS WellArchitected Framework Migration Acceleration Program MAP Landing Zone Accelerator and enterprise governance models

Proven experience working directly with Clevel stakeholders and large global enterprises

Mandatory Skills : AWS Cloud Architecture